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Mattel

COMPANY

Toy company founded in 1945 by Harold Matson (the "Matt") and Elliot Handler (the "El".) By far its best-selling product is Barbie dolls, and its other brands and products include American Girl, board games, Fisher-Price Toys, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, Radica USA, and Tyco Toys.

Official Website:
http://www.mattel.com//

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:MAT

Corporate headquarters:
El Segundo, CA

Sales:
$5.2B (2005)

Employees:
26,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jocelyn Carter-Miller
Business
c. 1957   President of TechEdVentures
Robert A. Eckert
Business
14-Aug-1954   CEO of Mattel
George L. Farinsky
Business
c. 1936   CFO of Ashton-Tate, 1987-91
Kevin M. Farr
Business
c. 1958   CFO of Mattel
Herman G. Fisher
Business
2-Nov-1898 26-Sep-1975 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys
Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga
Business
c. 1954   COO of Mattel Interactive, 1999-2000
Ned Mansour
Business
c. 1948   President of Mattel, 1999-2000
Irving Price
Business
21-Sep-1884 23-Nov-1976 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Michael J. Dolan
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2001-03
Robert A. Eckert
Business
14-Aug-1954   CEO of Mattel
Frances D. Fergusson
Educator
3-Oct-1944   President of Vassar, 1986-2006
Tully M. Friedman
Business
c. 1941   Hellman & Friedman
Dominic Ng
Business
c. 1959   CEO of East West Bank
Vasant M. Prabhu
Business
c. 1960   CFO of Starwood Hotels
Andrea L. Rich
Business
c. 1944   Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ronald L. Sargent
Business
1955   CEO of Staples
Dean A. Scarborough
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Avery-Dennison
Christopher A. Sinclair
Business
5-Sep-1950   Former Pepsi executive
G. Craig Sullivan
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Clorox, 1992-2003
Kathy Brittain White
Business
c. 1950   Rural Sourcing

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eugene P. Beard
Business
c. 1935   CFO of Interpublic Group, 1980-99
Harold Brown
Government
19-Sep-1927   US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81
Ned Mansour
Business
c. 1948   President of Mattel, 1999-2000
John H. Mullin III
Business
1941   Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Lionel Pincus
Business
2-Mar-1931 10-Oct-2009 Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus
Ralph V. Whitworth
Business
c. 1954   Chairman of Apria Healthcare, 1998-2005

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bruce Chizen
Business
1956   CEO of Adobe, 2000-07
Don Daglow
Computer Programmer
c. 1953   Utopia for the Intellivision

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brandy
Singer
11-Feb-1979   R&B singer turned sitcom star
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skating
7-Jul-1980   Olympic figure skater
Heather O'Rourke
Actor
27-Dec-1975 1-Feb-1988 Carol Anne in Poltergeist
George Plimpton
Author
18-Mar-1927 25-Sep-2003 Paper Lion
Judy Strangis
Actor
23-Dec-1949   Dyna Girl


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