Investors, employees and fans of arguably the most iconic entertainment brand in the world may look back on 2018 as a pivotal year for the Walt Disney Company, and it's reflected in chairman and CEO Bob Iger's salary, which was up 80 percent in the company's latest fiscal year to $65.6 million.

Iger had earned $36.3 million in 2017 and $43.9 million the year before that.

Iger spent much of 2018 in a bidding war with Comcast over most of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. When the dust settled, Disney agreed to pay $71.3 billion for the Fox film and TV studio, the broadcast network, some cable channels, Star India and more.