January 9, 2013 – George Kalogridis is Announced as New Walt Disney World President
“Walt Disney World has a new president: George Kalogridis will take over the top job at the Florida resort on Feb. 1.”
On January 9, 2013, The Walt Disney Company announced that George Kalogridis would take over as the new president of Walt Disney World, starting February 1. Kalogridis had been running the Disneyland Resort previously, and was brought in to oversee the construction of the Avatar-themed land in the Animal Kingdom park, along with the upgrade of the MyMagic+ digital management service.