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Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
John F. Boyle Jr., a former doctor from Mansfield, Ohio, was convicted for the murder of his wife Noreen in 1989. His case became highly publicized due to the nature of the crime, where he suffocated his wife and then entombed her body inside a home he owned in Erie, Pennsylvania .
Herbert Marcus (1878–1950), co-founder of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus (later led by his sons, Stanley and Lawrence) [223] Alfred Marshall, co-founder of off-price department store Marshalls, Inc. [224] David May, German-born founder of the May Department Stores Company (now Macy's, Inc.); member of the May family [225]
Mattel sold both Mattel Interactive and The Learning Company in 2000 at a loss to Gores Technology Group. The total financial losses to Mattel have been estimated to be as high as $3.6 billion. [6] Mattel's acquisition of The Learning Company has been referred to as "one of the worst acquisitions of all time" by several prominent business journals.
Founder of retailer Wal-Mart. Inducted, 2011 56 Donald F. Duncan, Sr. (1892-1971) Founder of the Duncan Toys Company. 57 Al Verrecchia (1943-) CEO of Hasbro. Inducted, 2012 58 Frederick August Otto Schwarz (1836-1911) Founder of toy retailer FAO Schwarz. 59 Arnie Rubin Founder of Funrise Toy Corporation. Inducted, 2013 60 Russell Berrie (1933-2002)
Wizzzer (1969-1975) Mattel's string-less tops issued in many color combinations and gift sets. Wonder Woman (animated film) 2009 Best Buy only Wonder Woman (2017 film) Wonder Woman 1984; Welcome to the Wayne; WWE (since 2010) Woody Woodpecker (1964-1965 re-issued 1972–1974) Talking doll, inspired by cartoon of the same name. Woody talking ...
SoftKey International (originally SoftKey Software Products, Inc.) was a software company founded by Kevin O'Leary in 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. [1] It was known as The Learning Company from 1995 to 1999 after acquiring The Learning Company and taking its name.
Current and former subsidiaries of Mattel, companies that are owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company, parent, or holding company.