Meet Bob Iger’s multifaceted wife, Willow Bay: the former Estée Lauder model married the CEO of Disney in 1995, and now the power couple are eyeing a US$50 million stake of Angel City FC

Willow Bay is an American TV journalist, editor, author and former model

The 60-year-old, who was born Kristine Carlin Bay, wears many hats – from her work in TV journalism with NBC’s Today Show and Good Morning America to her previous career as a model. Per British media, she was with Ford Models and worked as a spokesperson for Estée Lauder cosmetics in the 1980s. The same source adds that she was also a senior editor at the Huffington Post.

She is a dean at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Bay has used her experience to mentor others as a dean at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Per her bio on the institution’s website, she was the first female dean of USC Annenberg. It notes that she looks after over 200 faculty and staff, and more than 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students across the fields of communication, journalism, public relations and public diplomacy.

When did Bob Iger and Willow Bay get married?

The couple have been married since 1995. The New York Times reported that they tied the knot at a “house rented for the occasion in Bridgehampton, Long Island”.

Do Bob Iger and Willow Bay have any children?

While Iger and Bay remain rather private about their family life, Distractify notes that they share two children, Robert Maxwell, who was born in 1998, and William, who they welcomed in 2002. The same outlet adds that Iger has two children from his first marriage, Kate and Amanda.

She discouraged Bob Iger from running for president

“Willow initially not only hated the idea, but put her foot down because she thought it would be highly destructive to our family and to our lives,” he told Vogue.

Bay was, however, more eager for him to return to his role as Disney’s CEO two years after retiring. “She said, you ran the company for over 15 years, you were at the company for almost 50 years – you kind of owe it to the company,” he said at The New York Times DealBook Summit. “If the board wants you back because they obviously don’t feel they have an alternative, at least not at that moment, then you owe it to them to say yes.”

Who is Bob Iger’s first wife?

Before marrying the ex-model, Iger was married to a woman named Kathleen Susan, with whom he shares two kids.