Avi Arad (Hebrew: אבי ארד) is an Israeli-American businessman. He
became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s, and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, a Marvel director, and chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios.[1]
Biography
Early life and career
Marvel Comics
When Toy Biz took over Marvel Comics in a complicated deal that included obtaining the
rights to Spider Man and other superheroes that Marvel had sold earlier, that was resolved
after Intellectual Property litigator Carole
Handler found a unique reading of the patent law that allowed Arad's Toy Biz the ownership rights; he became that
company's CEO. [citation needed] [opinion needs balancing]
He was involved Marvel's emergence from of bankruptcy and the expansion of the company's profile through licensing and movies.
On July 4, 2003, Arad became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[citation needed]
Later career
Arad is credited as executive producer on the 1990s Marvel animated TV
series, starting with 1992's X-Men for
Fox Kids. Arad was the executive producer of Spike
TV's Blade: The Series.
On May 31, 2006, Arad resigned his various Marvel positions, including his leadership of Marvel Studios to form his own production company, Avi Arad Productions. Although he is still
producing projects for Marvel[1], his first feature
outside Marvel was the August 2007 film Bratz: The Movie.
Producer filmography
Footnotes
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