The late Steve Jobs told Bob Iger not to stay too long at Disney before he passed away in 2011. Jobs said that Iger should retire so that he would still have time to enjoy the good things in life.

The late Steve Jobs told Bob Iger not to stay too long at Disney before he passed away in 2011. Jobs said that Iger should retire so that he would still have time to enjoy the good things in life.

In a new profile with Time, Iger discussed that decision and pointed to Steve Jobs as one of his inspirations for returning to Disney.

As Disney lays off employees and cuts costs, CEO Bob Iger says be believes that it was watching Steve Jobs's return to Apple that is helping him manage the changes for the best.

Bob Iger has showed interest in teaming up with Apple as early as in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar, which was then chaired by Apple founder Steve Jobs.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said he wakes up early and exercises "for sanity and vanity purposes," and it energizes him and prepares him for the day ahead.

Like Jobs, who in 1997 returned to helm Apple after a 12-year-long interregnum, Iger is once more running his former company after Disney drifted off course under his successor, Bob Chapek.

Jobs was more concerned with having an impact through his work—while simultaneously enjoying life. And shortly before his death due to pancreatic cancer, Jobs reportedly told Disney CEO Bob Iger ...

The late Steve Jobs told Bob Iger not to stay too long at Disney before he passed away in 2011. Jobs said that Iger should retire so that he would still have time to enjoy the good things in life.

Bob Iger bought Pixar from Steve Jobs during his first year as Disney's CEO, and told Time about the "unbelievable enthusiasm" needed to come back.

The late Steve Jobs told Bob Iger not to stay too long at Disney before he passed away in 2011. Jobs said that Iger should retire so that he would still have time to enjoy the good things in life.