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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bruce Chizen	Business	1956		CEO of Adobe, 2000-07
Don Daglow	Computer Programmer	c. 1953		Utopia for the Intellivision

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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