Bob Chapek - Updated Oct 2024

Bob Chapek is an American executive and businessman. Bob Chapek is appointed as the net CEO of the Disney empire. He worked as the head of its Park division.

Early life

Robert Chapek aka Bob Chapek was born on August 21, 1960, in Hammond, Indiana, US. As of now, he is 63 years old and his zodiac sign is Leo. He belongs to a mixed ethnicity and according to nationality, he is an American. He went to Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1981, he graduated with the degree in Bachelor of Science in microbiology. Later, he attended Michigan State University. In 1984, he graduated with a degree of BA. Bob has kept his parents behind the curtain so the name is not known. Likewise, there is no information about his siblings and his family members. Bob Chapek has kept his early life private.

Career

In 1993, Bob Chapek began his ca­reer with the Walt Dis­ney Com­pany. He was the mar­ket­ing di­rec­tor for the com­pany’s Buena Vista Home En­ter­tain­ment di­vi­sion. Therefore, he is cred­ited for bring­ing Dis­ney’s home en­ter­tain­ment di­vi­sion into the dig­i­tal age. He has been fo­cus­ing on re­leas­ing prop­er­ties on DVD and later Blu-ray discs. Hence, he was promoted to become the president of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, in July 2006. Thus, it also included all home video, DVD, and Blu-ray releases for all of the various divisions.

Caption: Bob and Bod Iger in Disneyland. Source(Indy Star)

Later, Bob was named chair­man of Walt Dis­ney Parks and Re­sorts, on February 23, 2015. In 2016, he began work­ing to­wards the com­ple­tion and launch of Shang­hai Dis­ney­land. Thus, it hosted over 11 mil­lion guests in its first year of operation. He man­aged the con­struc­tion and open­ing of the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge lands at Dis­ney­land and Walt Dis­ney World.

He invested $24 billion, as Chair­man of Parks and Re­sorts. The investment was into theme parks, at­trac­tions, ho­tels, and cruise ships. Later, the parks and re­sorts recorded a 14% in­crease in op­er­at­ing in­come, in 2017.  Additionally,  media began to spec­u­late that Chapek would likely suc­ceed Bob Iger as the next Dis­ney CEO. In Feb­ru­ary 2020, Chapek was named chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of The Walt Dis­ney Com­pany. Additionally, he replaced the re­plac­ed Bob Iger, who was Ex­ec­u­tive Chair­man until 2021. Later, Iger will  re­sumed con­trol of the com­pany’s op­er­a­tional du­ties.

Bob Chapek – Net worth 2024

Bob Chapek has been working in Disneyland for many decades. Thus, he has tried many new things and impressed the visitors there. Later, Bob was announced as the CEO of Disney Land. Undoubtedly, the income has changed and earned more profit. The estimated net worth of Bob Chapek is $300 million. But, he is living a comfortable, lavish, and luxurious life with his family.

Personal life

Bob Chapek was married to Cynthia Ann Ford, in 1980. The duo is blessed with 3 children but the name is not revealed. Bob has not revealed his personal life yet. Their past relations his is kept away from the limelight. Additionally, the duo is living happily together. Bob and Ann are living a happy life together. Thus, there are no rumors about their separation. Also, Bob is very private about his personal life. Much information about his life is not revealed yet.

Caption; Bob with his wife. Source(Pinterest)

Bob Chapek – Body measurement

Bob is good-looking and has an attractive personality. Thus, he is very tall and stands 6 feet 2 inches tall (180cm/ 1.80m). And, Bod weighs around 76kg. Additionally, his body measurement is 44-32-38 inches respectively. And, the shoe size is 14.5 US but the dress size is not known. Likewise, he has black hair color and blue eyes color.

Bob Chapek – Social media

And, Bob is not active on any social media accounts. There may be changes that she is very busy due to his professional and personal life. He must have kept his account private.