Zenia mucha biography of william

Bob Iger, outgoing chairman of The Walt Disney Co., is known to millions as one of the most admired executives in the world.

Far fewer have heard of Zenia Mucha, but for Iger’s entire tenure at the helm of Disney, she has played a major part in crafting that smooth-as-silk image, and she has guarded it with Kraken-level ferocity.

In a company that has been nowhere near gender parity in the top executive ranks, Mucha — who just announced plans to leave her post as Disney’s chief communications officer after some 20 years — has been by far the most powerful female player at the company, albeit behind the scenes.

In reporting on her retirement announcement, The New York Timesnoted that some reporters see Mucha as a “punitive tyrant” but added that she can be “gentle, offering (insisting, demanding) to have jars of her homemade chicken noodle soup sent to you