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Disney, think the team is called Corporate Strategy and Business Development (CSBD)

 

Yep! CSBD sits at the top of the organization, but a majority of their focus is M&A. In the mid-to-late-2000s, then-CEO Bob Iger split up the corporate strategy group (back then it was called strategic planning) into multiple groups that serve the individual business units. So Disney's Parks, Experiences, and Products division has its own corporate strategy group, Disney Streaming (Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu) has its own corporate strategy group, etc.

 
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I've heard of Disney and Capital One mainly. I considered joining one of Disney's corporate strategy groups (not CSBD, a different one) but ended up siding with MBB. I think it's a great role if you plan to stay in that company's respective industry, but I felt that 1.) MBB preserves more optionality in case I didn't want to stay in media & entertainment, and 2.) MBB has a much more structured analyst program with more mentorship, training, and support.

Disney's corporate strategy groups are awesome though and I can definitely see myself re-recruiting in a few years.

 

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