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Harold Matson (businessman)

Mattel, Inc.
Public company
Traded as
Industry Entertainment
Founded January 1945; 72 years ago (1945-01)
El Segundo, California
Founder
Headquarters El Segundo, California
Key people
Christopher A. Sinclair
(Executive Chairman)
Margaret "Margo" Georgiadis
(CEO)
Products
  • Dolls
  • Toys
  • Games
Production output
Animation
Revenue
  • Decrease US$6.023 billion (2014)
  • US$6.484 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$653.7 million (2014)
  • US$1.168 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$498.9 million (2014)
  • US$903.9 million (2013)
Total assets
  • Increase US$6.722 billion (2014)
  • US$6.439 billion (2013)
Total equity
  • Decrease US$2.949 billion (2014)
  • US$3.251 billion (2013)
Number of employees
31.000 (2015)
Divisions Mattel Creations
Subsidiaries
Website mattel.com
Mattel Creations
Division of a public corporation
Industry Entertainment
Founded 1945
Number of locations
3 (2016)
Key people
  • Catherine Balsam-Schwaber (CCO)
  • Christopher Keenan
  • (SVP, Content Development & Production)
Products
Parent Mattel, Inc.
Divisions Playground Productions
Subsidiaries HiT Entertainment
Website www.mattel.com
Playground Productions
Headquarters El Segundo, California
Key people
  • Rob Hudnut (executive producer and chief story strategist)
  • Julia Pistor (executive producer of feature films)
  • Margaret Dean (director of production)
  • Lloyd Goldfine (producer)
Website play.mattel.com/pgp

Mattel, Inc. (/məˈtɛl/) is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 with headquarters in El Segundo, California. In 2014, it ranked #403 on the Fortune 500 list. The products and brands it produces include Fisher-Price, Barbie dolls, Monster High dolls, Ever After High dolls, Winx Club dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe toys, American Girl dolls, board games, and WWE Toys. In the early 1980s, Mattel produced video game systems, under both its own brands and under license from Nintendo. The company has presence in 40 countries and territories and sells products in more than 150 nations. The company operates through three business segments: North America, international, and American Girl. It is the world's largest toy maker in terms of revenue. On January 17, 2017 Mattel named Google executive Margaret "Margo" Georgiadis as its next CEO.

The company's name is a portmanteau of those of Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler, who founded the company in 1945.


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