Overview
- Time published its 100 Most Influential People list Wednesday, placing D'Amaro in the Pioneers category.
- Bob Iger wrote D'Amaro's profile and praised his bond with fans as well as his focus on quality, detail, and bold creativity.
- The recognition arrives only weeks after D'Amaro officially became Disney's eighth CEO on March 18 at the annual shareholder meeting.
- The honor follows a company memo a day earlier in which D'Amaro told employees about roughly 1,000 layoffs and wrote, "This is hard."
- D'Amaro previously led Disney Experiences, overseeing parks, resorts, cruise lines, Imagineering, and consumer products that brought in $36 billion in FY2025.