Steve Jobs has been a board member of Disney since 2006 when they bought Pixar, the digital animation studio he had run after originally leaving Apple. According the the FT, his re-election bit may be fraught with people like Charles Elson, professor of corporate governance at the University of Delaware who state:
“A directorship is not an honorary position, If he’s said he can’t run Apple, how on earth can he [stand for the Disney board again]? Non-executive directors of large public companies need to be able to devote at least 250 hours a year to the position.”
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, has cited Mr Jobs knowledge and experience as he positions Disney to capitaliz
