Mattel, Inc.
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 Headquarters in El Segundo, California | |
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NYSE: MAT (1963-2009) S&P 500 component (until 2019) |
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| Industry | Toys and entertainment |
| Founded 📆 | January 1945, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | El Segundo, California, U.S. |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
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| Revenue🤑 |  US$5.38 billion (2024)[6] |
 US$694 million (2024)[7] | |
| US$542 million (2024)[8] | |
| Total assets | US$6.54 billion (2024)[9] |
| Total equity | US$2.26 billion (2024)[10] |
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Number of employees | c. 33,000 (December 2023) |
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| 🌐 Website | mattel |
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Mattel, Inc. (/məˈtɛl/ mə-TEL) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company headquartered in El Segundo, California. Founded in Los Angeles by Harold Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Ruth and Elliot Handler[14] in January 1945, Mattel has a presence in 35 countries and territories; its products are sold in more than 150 countries.[15][16]
It is the world's second largest toy maker in terms of revenue, after the Lego Group.[17][18] Two of its historic and most valuable brands, Barbie and Hot Wheels, were respectively named the top global toy property and the top-selling global toy of the year for 2020[19] and 2021[20] by the NPD Group, a global information research company.
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- ↑ "Inline Viewer: MATTEL, INC. 8-K 2025-02-04".
- ↑ "Inline Viewer: MATTEL, INC. 8-K 2025-02-04".
- ↑ "Inline Viewer: MATTEL, INC. 8-K 2025-02-04".
- ↑ "Inline Viewer: MATTEL, INC. 8-K 2025-02-04".
- ↑ "Mattel Combines Film and Television Units to Create Mattel Studios under the Leadership of Robbie Brenner; Appoints Three Entertainment Executives to Key Roles". Mattel News. June 2, 2025. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ↑ Chang, Andrea (23 July 2011). "Elliot Handler dies at 95; co-founder of Mattel, inventor of Hot Wheels". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ Chang, Andrea (27 July 2011). "Obituary: Elliot Handler / Man behind Mattel, Hot Wheels". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "About Mattel". Mattel Corporate. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Mattel, Inc. Company Profile". MarketLine. November 25, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lego Surpasses Mattel As World's Largest Toymaker". Zacks Investment Research. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Carnevale, Chuck. "A Full Toy Chest Makes Mattel A Buy For Growth And Income Investors". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Foster, Elizabeth (27 January 2021). "Barbie named NPD's top global toy property for 2020". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ↑ Karaca, Kristine; Kazakos, Niki (February 2, 2022). "Barbie Named 2021 Top Global Toy Property of the Year, Per NPD". Mattel Corporate. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
...and its Hot Wheels Singles 1/64 Assortment was named the 2021 global top-selling toy of the year...
