12-1305: [REDACTED] Look up Staggs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Staggs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barbara Staggs (1940–2014), American educator and legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives Erv Staggs (1948–2012), American professional basketball player Jeff Staggs (1944–2014), American college and professional football player Jimmy Staggs (1935–2007), American disc jockey and record store owner in Chicago, Illinois Kotoni Staggs (born 1998), Australian professional rugby league footballer Monica Staggs (born 1970), American stuntwoman and actress Steve Staggs (born 1951), American Major League Baseball player Suzanne Staggs (born 1965), American physicist and professor Thomas O. Staggs (born 1961), American business executive and investor, former Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company See also [ edit ] Staggs–Huffaker Building , commercial building in Beebe, Arkansas Stagg , people with
24-613: A manager of strategic planning to senior vice president of strategic planning and development in 1995. Staggs became executive vice president and chief financial officer in 1998, and became Senior Executive Vice President and CFO in January 2000. As CFO, Staggs was instrumental in purchasing Pixar for $ 7.4 billion in 2006 as well as acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $ 4 billion in 2009. On January 1, 2010, Staggs became Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, where he "more than doubled operating profits, to $ 2.66 billion", while overseeing
36-516: A similar surname Stag (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Staggs . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staggs&oldid=1230045729 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
48-516: A similar surname Stag (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Staggs . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staggs&oldid=1230045729 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
60-503: Is a "full-service provider" to the independent film industry, loaning funds against state film tax credits. FRC began public trading on November 25, 2020 (NYSE:FRX), and was reported that month to have raised more than $ US300 million. In February 2021, an agreement for a three-way merger between Forest Road Acquisition Corp, Myx Fitness Holdings and Beachbody was entered into. In 2021, Staggs and Kevin Mayer founded Candle Media , which
72-1152: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Staggs [REDACTED] Look up Staggs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Staggs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barbara Staggs (1940–2014), American educator and legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives Erv Staggs (1948–2012), American professional basketball player Jeff Staggs (1944–2014), American college and professional football player Jimmy Staggs (1935–2007), American disc jockey and record store owner in Chicago, Illinois Kotoni Staggs (born 1998), Australian professional rugby league footballer Monica Staggs (born 1970), American stuntwoman and actress Steve Staggs (born 1951), American Major League Baseball player Suzanne Staggs (born 1965), American physicist and professor Thomas O. Staggs (born 1961), American business executive and investor, former Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company See also [ edit ] Staggs–Huffaker Building , commercial building in Beebe, Arkansas Stagg , people with
84-593: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Thomas O. Staggs Thomas Owen Staggs (born 1961) is an American business executive and investor. He is currently one of the co-founders and co-CEOs of Candle Media . He formerly worked at The Walt Disney Company for nearly 27 years, beginning in 1990, working in finance and later becoming the chief financial officer (CFO), then as chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide and finally as chief operating officer (COO). He also holds directorships on various company boards, including Spotify . Staggs
96-475: The CEO" Bob Iger through the end of the fiscal year. Iger extended his contract as Disney's chairman and CEO to remain chairman through 2021. Following his departure from Disney, and prior to its August 2019 merger with Viacom, Staggs was in consideration to succeed Les Moonves as CEO of CBS . In July 2023, Staggs along with another previous executive Kevin Mayer , returned to Disney in an advisory role at
108-611: The behest of CEO Bob Iger. In October 2020, Staggs helped form special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Forest Road Acquisition Corp as a director, teaming with former Disney colleague Kevin Mayer , and the Forest Road Company (FRC), of which he is an original investor and advisory board member. Other board members and advisors of Forest Road Acquisition Corp include FRC founder Zachary Tarica, Shaquille O'Neal , Mark Burg and Martin Luther King III . FRC
120-560: The company's roughly 140,000 cast members, theme parks, two cruise lines, and hotel and resort businesses. Staggs led the development of the MyMagic Plus technology suite and the creation of an Avatar theme land in Disney's Animal Kingdom park. Disney CEO Bob Iger credited Staggs with leading "unprecedented growth and expansion, including the construction of Shanghai Disney", its $ 5.5 billion resort. On February 5, 2015, Staggs
132-719: Was born in Illinois and grew up in Minnesota. He graduated from Minnetonka High School in 1978, and received a B.S. in business from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business . Staggs began his career as an investment banker for Dain Bosworth, then Morgan Stanley before joining Disney in 1990. After joining Disney in 1990, Staggs rose from his role as
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#1732786807559144-460: Was named chief operating officer of The Walt Disney Company. Despite "Disney’s rocky history of succession", Staggs was then widely reported as heir apparent to Bob Iger as the Disney CEO. On April 4, 2016, Disney announced that Staggs and the company had agreed to mutually part ways. Staggs stepped down as COO, effective May 6, 2016, remaining with the company as a "Special Advisor to
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