# @deadline on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTgjgskhAu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55072946-deadline-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-03T17:52:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) — https://gondola.cc/DEADLINE

## Caption

In March 2014, Disney/ABC TV Group President Anne Sweeney left Disney as the company was nearing a decision on who would replace Bob Iger as CEO. While she was not among the finalists for the job, at the time, Sweeney was the closest a woman had ever gotten to the CEO job at Disney.⁠
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Twelve years later, #DanaWalden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, came a lot closer as one of the two main contenders to succeed Iger in the top job alongside Disney Parks & Experiences chief Josh D’Amaro. Ultimately, the outcome was the same, with D’Amaro named Disney CEO this morning, and the glass ceiling for a woman becoming CEO of a major media company remains unbroken.⁠
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Read the full story at the link in bio. (Photos: Getty, Disney)

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