President-elect Donald Trump praised former Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter for leaving Disney and relinquishing all of his huge stake in the “woke” Mouse House.
“He went from being broke to owning Disney,” Trump told supporters at an event Monday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
“Then Disney woke up, so he left Disney,” she continued, referring to a former executive who was present. “He didn't want to wake Donald Duck, did he?”
Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Pearl, then 80, would be hired in 2023 after the division, which had been separate from Marvel Studios, was folded into other parts of the company in a cost-cutting move. Mr. Matter was fired.
The billionaire, who sold Marvel Entertainment to Disney in 2009 and has long been known for his run-ins with Iger, sold all of his stock holdings (about 25.6 million shares) for nearly $3 billion earlier this year.
Over the past three years, commentators such as the conservative nonprofit American First Legal have accused Disney of a “wokeness policy” that has hurt the company financially, co-opted family-friendly programming, and It claims to be promoting “anti-police and anti-white content.” ”
Perlmutter — an Israeli-born toy entrepreneur known for carrying a gun in a leg holster who claims to have started his business career in the United States with $250 in his pocket and a friend and activist investor. Nelson Peltz was encouraged to join Disney. board at the time.
When no luck struck, Mr. Peltz launched a proxy fight to take a seat on the board, vowing to cut costs, revamp Disney's loss-making streaming business and fix the company's failed succession plan. Ta.
Mr. Peltz exited in February 2023, and Mr. Iger returned to Disney's management with a plan to restructure, cut costs, and perhaps restore Disney's dividend.
The move raised questions about Mr. Perlmutter's future ahead of layoffs that included 7,000 layoffs at the time.
Mr. Perlmutter's career at Disney had waned in recent years.
Iger said the Marvel chair famously clashed with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige in 2015 and tried to have him fired. Interview with CNBC In 2023.
Perlmutter was reportedly furious when Disney chiefs blocked it.
Immediately after that, Feige reorganized Marvel StudiosPerlmutter oversaw the television division and centralized the film division under him.
Perlmutter then lost his role as director of Marvel's television programs in 2019, and until recently found himself limited to smaller businesses such as comic book publishing and certain consumer products.
Perlmutter hasn't been involved with a Marvel movie since 2015, but the company's merchandising business will significantly expand by licensing titles such as “X-Men” and “Spider-Man” to movie studios. contributed to.
