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Avi Arad
Born 1948 (age 60)
Flag of Israel Ramat Gan, Israel
Occupation Film Producer

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, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios.[1] If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Ramat Gan (רמת-גן) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just east of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan, in the Tel Aviv District. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... The term company may refer to a separate legal entity, as in English law, or may simply refer to a business, as is the common use in the United States. ... Toy Biz logo. ... Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Marvel Studios is an American television and motion picture studio based in Beverly Hills, California. ...

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Biography

Early life and career

Born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and raised in that country, Arad came to the United States during his college years and enrolled at Hofstra University to study industrial management. He earned a bachelor of business administration from the University in 1972.[2] Ramat Gan (רמת-גן) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just east of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan, in the Tel Aviv District. ... Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William S. Hofstra (1861-1932) and his (second) wife Kate Mason (1854-1933). ...


Marvel Comics

Along with Toy Biz co-owner Isaac Perlmutter, Avi Arad came into conflict with Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman over control of Marvel Comics in the wake of its 1996 bankruptcy. In the end, Arad and Perlmutter came out on top, with Toy Biz taking over Marvel Comics in a complicated deal that included obtaining the rights to Spider Man and other superheroes that Marvel had sold earlier. He was involved in Marvel's emergence from bankruptcy and the expansion of the company's profile through licensing and movies. Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. ... Ronald Owen Perelman (born 1943) is a wealthy Jewish-American investor and businessman, who appears 34th on the Forbes 2005 Wealthiest Americans, with an estimated wealth at $6 billion USD. His primary interest is in stable companies that generate cash flow without being capital-intensive, and which are not in... This article is about the comic book company. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... This article is about the superhero. ... How to obtain a amature radio licence differs from country to country. ...


On July 4, 2003, Arad became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[citation needed] is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ...


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. An animated television series or cartoon television series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The X-Men Animated Series debuted in the 1992-1993 season on the Fox Network. ... This article is about Fox Kids in United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


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. is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marvel Studios is an American television and motion picture studio based in Beverly Hills, California. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean...


Producer filmography

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Marvel Announces New Independent Producer Deal with Avi Arad" (May 31, 2006 press release, via Ain't It Cool News
  2. ^ Hofstra University: Frank G. Zarb School of Business - Faces of Success: Avi Arad '72

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References

  • The Rise of Captain Marvel The Jerusalem Report, August 8, 2005 (dead link as of Sept. 15, 2007)

External links

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