'It was our secret': The inside story of Mattel's Barbie windfall
When Ynon Kreiz arrived at Mattel’s new CEO in 2018, he had big plans for a Barbie film. But he didn’t care if the movie sold a single additional doll.
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When Ynon Kreiz arrived at Mattel’s new CEO in 2018, he had big plans for a Barbie film. But he didn’t care if the movie sold a single additional doll.
NYT: Film paid off to a degree that even the CEO could hardly have believed possible.
The company’s approach has paid off to a degree that even the C.E.O. could hardly have believed possible.
When Ynon Kreiz arrived at Mattel in April 2018, the newly installed CEO had one mantra when it came to a feature film starring Barbie, a project he really wanted to get off the ground: He didn’t care if the movie sold a single additional doll. But “Barbie” the film had to be good and a cultural event. It had to be different. It had to break molds. And if that meant turning the CEO of Mattel — i.e., himself — into the object of comic ridicule in the portrayal of the CEO character in the film (“v
Mattel's Chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz will receive the 2023 Israel Film Festival's Industry Leadership Award at the Saban Theatre this November.