Barra elected to Walt Disney board

Barra: "We are in the process of deploying a new electrical architecture." (REUTERS)

By:

Rob Golum and David Welch

August 24, 2017 05:00 AM

Walt Disney Co. added General Motors CEO Mary Barra to its board, bringing on one of the most prominent female executives in corporate America amid a hunt for a successor to CEO Robert Iger.

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