Jobs’ seat on Disney board not to be filled by widow or Trust
by admin on 22/01/12 at 10:24 am
Steve Jobs with Pixar execs Ed Catmull (left) and John Lasseter. (Credit: Pixar) Neither Steve Jobs’ widow nor a representative of his trust will be on the ballot when Disney shareholders meet in March to vote on re-electing the company’s board of directors, Reuters reports. That’s despite the fact that the Jobs trust is Disney’s largest shareholder.
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By Jessica Wohl Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:14pm EST (Reuters) – When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs’ wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company’s largest shareholder. According to Walt Disney Co’s proxy, filed on Friday, directors standing for re-election include Robert Iger, Disney’s president and chief executive; Aylwin Lewis, the president and CEO of Potbelly Sandwich Works and a former executive at Sears and Kmart; and Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook Inc. Jobs’ wife, Laurene, is absent from the list and none of the members standing for re-election represents his estate.
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