Disney is Close to Picking Parks Chief D’Amaro as Next CEO (1)

The board of Walt Disney Co. is aligning on promoting theme-park division chairman Josh D’Amaro to the role of chief executive officer and will vote on naming a new leader in the coming week, according to people familiar with the matter.

D’Amaro, 54, has led the unit that delivers most of Disney’s profits since 2020. If approved, D’Amaro will succeed Bob Iger, who ran the world’s largest entertainment company from 2005 to 2020 and returned as CEO in 2022. The board could still change its mind.

“The board has not yet selected the next CEO of the Walt Disney ...