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Bob Iger Net Worth, Age, Bio, Wife, and Education

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May 17, 2022

Iger is an American businessman known for serving as the chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company from 2005 to 2020. The Bob Iger net worth figure is $690 million as of 2022.

Bob Iger attends the World Premiere of "The King's Man" — (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Robert Allen Iger
Birth Date / Age	February 10, 1951 / 71 Years Old
Birth Place	New York City, New York, USA
Source of Wealth	Business
Relationship Status	Married To Willow Bay
Height	6 ft. 1 in. / 1.85 m.
Net Worth	$690 Million

Robert Allen Iger was born in February of 1951 in New York City to parents Arthur and Mimi (née Tunick). His father was a World War II Navy veteran who became the executive vice president and general manager of the Greenvale Marketing Corporation.

Notably, his dad had a manic-depressive disorder. Meanwhile, his mother worked at Boardman Junior High School in Oceanside, NY. Robert is the eldest son of Arthur and Mimi.

Raised in Oceanside, Iger attended the Fulton Avenue School before graduating from Oceanside High School in 1969 according to Newsday.

Afterward, Iger enrolled at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Then, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Television and Radio.

Bob Iger (L) and Steven Spielberg attend the New York premiere of West Side Story — (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)

Bob Iger Net Worth and Career

In 1974, Iger joined the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) performing menial labor on television sets for $150 a week. His breakthrough came at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics when he served as the senior program executive.

His performance caught the eye of ABC executives Daniel Burke and Thomas Murphy, leading to him being named the head of ABC Entertainment. He was responsible for green-lighting shows such as Twin Peaks, America’s Funniest Home Videos, and Cop Rock.

Six years after the Walt Disney Company purchased Capital Cities/ABC, they named Iger the president and chief operating officer (COO). That made him Disney’s No. 2 executive.

Reports indicate that Iger’s base salary was $3 million in recent years, but he received massive cash bonuses. In 2020, he made a total of $21 million, and the following year, he raked in another $45.9 million. Iger decided to step down as CEO in December 2021.

The former CEO possesses 247,100 followers on his Twitter account as of May 2022. That is his only form of social media as of this point.

Thank you #georgelucas, for creating the incredible mythology of @starwars. #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/HZpyIntnPM
— Robert Iger (@RobertIger) May 4, 2022

Throughout his time as CEO, Iger oversaw the company’s market capitalization increase from $48 billion all the way up to $257 billion.

Bob Iger Wife and Personal Life

Originally, Iger was married to a woman by the name of Kathleen Susan, but they divorced. The couple has a pair of daughters together named Kate and Amanda.

Then, Iger married journalist Willow Bay in 1995. Together, they have two children, boys Robert “Max” (born 1998) and William (born 2002).

In December 2019, Iger was named by Time as their Businessperson of the Year. Also noteworthy is the fact he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame the next year.

Bob Iger Net Worth

The Bob Iger net worth figure of $690 million has been amassed since the early 1980s. Though, the majority of his vast fortune came from serving as CEO of The Walt Disney Company for over 15 years. Nowadays, Iger is contemplating whether or not to get into politics.