Perlmutter has long been known to have frosty relations with Iger and Feige. “I have long expected that my working relationship with Disney would end,” Perlmutter said in the statement.

Perlmutter’s frequent cost-cutting and refusal to greenlight female-led or POC-led films like “Black Panther” and “Captain Marvel” put him in frequent conflict with Feige. Disney CEO Bob ...

Perlmutter told The Journal he will use his influence within Disney to push for board seats for Peltz and perhaps other nominees from Trian. Armed with Perlmutter’s shares, Trian boosted its ...

Perlmutter, who has long been friendly with Trian co-founder and front man Nelson Peltz, has been the firm’s “silent partner” in the effort to secure board seats for Peltz and ex-Disney CFO ...

Perlmutter, who has a reputation for being a penny-pincher, said that he long tried to rein in budgets at Marvel. “All they talk about is box office, box office,” he said.

Ike Perlmutter, one of Disney’s largest independent shareholders, reportedly dumped his entire stake in the media giant after losing a bruising proxy fight against Mouse House CEO Bob Iger &#… ...

Perlmutter has had quite the history, a war veteran of the Israeli Army, he travelled to the US where he began selling toys, and ended up setting up Toy Biz which licensed characters from Marvel.

Perlmutter was impressed by the size of Disney’s planned cuts, a person close to the Marvel chairman told the Journal. “This whole fight was not, in Ike’s mind, about changing the Disney board.