Company · Consumer Products · Manufacturing · founded 1945

Mattel

American toy maker founded in a Los Angeles garage in January 1945 by Harold Matson and Ruth and Elliot Handler. Maker of the Barbie doll.

Of the 1 person here linked to Mattel, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Mattel

Founder

Role

Co-founder, 1945–1975

Also at

Nearly Me

Source · high confidence. Wikipedia names Harold Matson, Ruth Handler and Elliot Handler as founders in January 1945 and says the Handlers were forced out in 1975 after an SEC investigation.

Past

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Ruth Handler

Co-founder, Mattel; creator of the Barbie doll; founder, Nearly Me

working-class · outsider · some college