{"product_id":"robbie-whelan-the-house-of-mouse-2026","title":"Robbie Whelan: The House of Mouse [2026]","description":"The extraordinary inside story of the battle for control of Disney a tale of power, out-of-control egos and corporate blood sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSure to become a classic of corporate non-fiction... Richly reported, sharply observed and full of astonishing scenes\u003cbr\u003eMcKay Coppins, author of Romney: A Reckoning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe ll be talking about Bob Iger, and this book, for a very long time\u003cbr\u003eBrad Stone, author of The Everything Store\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE DISNEY NEVER WANTED TOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver fifteen years as CEO, Bob Iger transformed Disney into the world s most powerful entertainment empire. Through a series of bold, high-stakes acquisitions including Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox he reshaped not only Disney, but the global entertainment industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the long-reigning monarch struggled to relinquish control of the palace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Iger finally handed the CEO crown to his chosen successor, Bob Chapek, what followed was an extraordinary struggle for power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dramatic coup ousted Chapek and returned Iger to the throne, exposing the strengths, vulnerabilities and dysfunction at the heart of one of the world s most famous companies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when one man becomes so inseparable from a company that he comes to believe only he can run it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on hundreds of exclusive interviews and thousands of pages of documentary evidence, veteran Wall Street Journal business reporter Robbie Whelan takes readers inside the decades-long, Machiavellian power struggle that brought Disney to the brink.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA front-row seat to the battle for the soul and control of a global entertainment juggernaut, The House of Mouse is the gripping inside story of Bob Iger, Disney and a succession war like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly reported, delightfully gossipy study of the complicated man behind the public performance... one of the great American business stories\u003cbr\u003eBethany McLean, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA portrait of a man who came to see a uniquely American entertainment behemoth as inseparable from himself, and who struggled to find a successor he wouldn t want to destroy\u003cbr\u003eJeff Horwitz, author of Broken Code","brand":"Whelan, Robbie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55087566422355,"sku":"9780241864142","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/robbie-whelan-the-house-of-mouse-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}