These decisions were taken one month after the death of founder and CEO of Apple Steve Jobs, who had remained as chairman of the board after his resignation of the Executive Board in August.
"Art has contributed enormously to Apple since he joined the board in 2000," said the general manager Tim Cook said in a statement, noting that he had been the head with the more long had the role of "co-executive independent director."
As for Mr. Iger, "Disney's strategic vision is based on three principles: to create the best possible creative content, encourage innovation and use the latest technologies and expand into new markets around the world, that it corresponds very well with Apple, "said Mr. Cook.
Steve Jobs, former head of the subsidiary Pixar Animation Disney, seated himself at the board of the media group since 2006.
"Over the years, I have come to know and admire the management team (Apple's), now ably led by Tim Cook, and I'm sure she has the talent and vision (necessary) to ensure the continued success "of the group, said Iger.
Mr. Levinson, who holds 11 patents registered in the U.S., is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Genentech biotechnology laboratory, where he was CEO from 1995 to 2009, and director of Roche.
He also served on the board of directors of Google between 2004 and 2009, until the growing competition between Apple and Google make questionable responsibilities concurrently.
