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Disney might have merged with Apple if Steve Jobs were alive: CEO

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger wrote in a Vanity Fair article, "I believe that if Steve [Jobs] were still alive, we would've combined our companies or at least discussed the possibility very seriously." Iger added that the late Apple Co-founder had disclosed his cancer to him and offered a choice to back out of Pixar acquisition. Jobs died in 2011.

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Fri Sep 20 - Engadget

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