# The Walt Disney Company chair

entity: /record/disney.md  
predicate: chair  
page: /record/disney/chair  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, The Walt Disney Company's chair on the AsOf record is James P. Gorman, dated January 2, 2025, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record holds 2 claims on The Walt Disney Company's chair, 1 still open and 1 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current chair

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [The Walt Disney Company](/record/disney.md) | chair | James P. Gorman | valid 2025-01-02 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_B101B1361705](/claim/clm_B101B1361705.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/fy2024_q4xxchairmanannounc.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/0001744489-24-000262-index.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [The Walt Disney Company](/record/disney.md) | chair | Susan Arnold | valid 2021-12-31 to 2023-04-03 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_B101B1361705](/claim/clm_B101B1361705.md) | [clm_B7ADCBF7C354](/claim/clm_B7ADCBF7C354.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448921000230/fy2022_q1xxdirectordepartu.htm, https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/disney-appoints-mark-parker-as-chairman-of-the-board-replacing-susan-arnold/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7414
- [The Walt Disney Company](/record/disney.md) | chair | James P. Gorman | valid 2025-01-02 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_B101B1361705](/claim/clm_B101B1361705.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/fy2024_q4xxchairmanannounc.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/0001744489-24-000262-index.htm

## What replaced what

- Susan Arnold (2021-12-31 to 2023-04-03, [clm_B7ADCBF7C354](/claim/clm_B7ADCBF7C354.md)) was replaced by James P. Gorman from 2025-01-02 ([clm_B101B1361705](/claim/clm_B101B1361705.md))

## Questions this record answers

### What is The Walt Disney Company's current chair?

James P. Gorman, dated January 2, 2025, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did The Walt Disney Company's chair last change?

The latest value on the record is James P. Gorman, dated January 2, 2025; before it the record holds Susan Arnold, dated December 31, 2021 and closed on April 3, 2023.

### What was The Walt Disney Company's chair before James P. Gorman?

Susan Arnold, valid from December 31, 2021 to April 3, 2023 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov) and one further source (wdwinfo.com).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/disney/chair (this fact) · /v1/entities/disney?predicates=chair (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "disney", predicates: ["chair"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/disney.md · timeline: /timelines/disney.md

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