Isaac Larian, Iranian Jewish billionaire

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Isaac Larian (Persian: اسحاق لاریان‎, born March 28, 1954 in Kashan, Iran) is the Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment, the biggest privately owned toy company in the world.


Born to a Jewish family in Iran, Larian arrived to the United states alone at the age of 17. After graduating from California State University, Los Angeles in civil engineering, he started a business exporting electronic goods. Later in 2000, he expanded the company to include the creation, development and marketing of the Bratz doll. Two of the dolls bear the names of his children, son Cameron and daughter Jasmin (although her doll uses the Persian spelling Yasmin). Currently his third child doesn't have a Bratz doll, but that can change with the next release.

He was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" (Consumer Products category) by Ernst & Young in 2004. He was also named the overall national "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young in 2007. His motto, "Fortune favors the bold" is displayed throughout MGA's building.

Born, 28 March 1954 (age 59)
Kashan, Iran
Ethnicity Persian Jewish
Occupation Founder and CEO, MGA Entertainment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Larian

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Isaac Larian was born on March 28, 1954 in Kashan, Iran, to Iranian Jewish parents. After attending Kharazmi High School in Tehran, at the age of seventeen he decided to move to the United States to pursue a better education. He immigrated to Los Angeles with only $750 in his pocket and found a job at a diner while earning a civil engineering degree from the California State University.

After college, in 1979, Larian and his brother began the company that eventually became MGA. He began by importing electronics and in 1987 started on his path to success with a line of handheld games based around characters licensed from Nintendo. With the release of his first doll, Singing Bouncing Baby, ten years later, Isaac Larian was on his way to dominating the toy industry. A business-oriented mentality had been instilled into Isaac from a young age. He had worked at his father’s textile business as a youth, and there he was influenced by a strong work ethic and sense of integrity. He has said, “I bring that sense of responsibility with me to work every day and I make sure it is a big part of my personal life as well.”

MGA Entertainment, Isaac Larian’s company (his title is Chief Executive Officer), as it has been known since 1998, is currently the largest privately owned toy company in the world and the creative force behind the wildly successful Bratz dolls. The Bratz dolls have surpassed even Barbie herself as the most popular dolls for young teenage girls; the franchise has even spawned a film and a plethora of other merchandise.

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