Today, Ynon Kreiz was named Non-Executive Chairman of the Mattel Board of Directors of Mattel Toys, Inc.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mattel-appoints-ynon-kreiz-chairman-210500637.html
For those of you who don’t know or remember Mr. Kreiz, he organized the sale of Maker Studios to Disney:
https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/vidcon-maker-s-kreiz-we-did-not-plan-sell-disney-132079
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Digital_Network
Mr. Kreiz was also part of the Saban Group who sold For Kids Entertainment to Disney in 2001:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saban_Entertainment
“From 1996 to 2002, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Jetix Europe (Fox Kids Europe) which he co-founded in October 1996. He was at FKE until December 2002. However, Mr. Kreiz remained affiliated with the Saban Capital Group. Under his leadership, Fox Kids Europe became one of the fastest growing pay-TV channels in Europe and the Middle East, broadcasting in 56 countries in 17 languages.”
“He holds Board seats at Daylife, ESPN America (also known as NASN), Player X, Ltd. and Ricall Limited.”
So, since Mr. Kreiz has a nice track record of selling to Disney I would guess that:
A) Bob Iger will eventually put Kreiz on the Disney's Board of Directors, and…………
B) Mattel will become part of the Disney Empire and…..
C) because having a major toy-maker under Disney makes a lot of sense
opinions one and all…………….
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mattel-appoints-ynon-kreiz-chairman-210500637.html
For those of you who don’t know or remember Mr. Kreiz, he organized the sale of Maker Studios to Disney:
https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/vidcon-maker-s-kreiz-we-did-not-plan-sell-disney-132079
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Digital_Network
Mr. Kreiz was also part of the Saban Group who sold For Kids Entertainment to Disney in 2001:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saban_Entertainment
“From 1996 to 2002, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Jetix Europe (Fox Kids Europe) which he co-founded in October 1996. He was at FKE until December 2002. However, Mr. Kreiz remained affiliated with the Saban Capital Group. Under his leadership, Fox Kids Europe became one of the fastest growing pay-TV channels in Europe and the Middle East, broadcasting in 56 countries in 17 languages.”
“He holds Board seats at Daylife, ESPN America (also known as NASN), Player X, Ltd. and Ricall Limited.”
So, since Mr. Kreiz has a nice track record of selling to Disney I would guess that:
A) Bob Iger will eventually put Kreiz on the Disney's Board of Directors, and…………
B) Mattel will become part of the Disney Empire and…..
C) because having a major toy-maker under Disney makes a lot of sense
opinions one and all…………….