Bob Iger's joining of Lakers ownership group is just his latest big deal

Well before he positioned himself to be part of a group with Joshua Kushner to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers at an estimated $12.5 billion valuation, Bob Iger was no stranger to big-ticket deal-making in Hollywood.As CEO of The Walt Disney Company from 2005-2020, Iger led the way when the company acquired some of its most important components: Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006, Marvel for $4 billion in 2009, Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in 2012 and a portfolio of entertainment assets from 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion in 2019.Those deals turned Disney into an entertainment behemoth and made Iger, who started his career as a small-market TV weatherman in the 1970s, one of the most successful and recognizable chief executives of his generation.Iger, 75, is also familiar with sports. Durin