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Robert A. "Bob" Eckert (born 1954) is an American businessman, chairman and CEO of Mattel from 2000 to 2011, CEO of Kraft Foods from 1997 to 2000, and an operating partner with the private equity firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe.
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Robert Eckert is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mattel, Inc., the world's largest and most recognized toy maker. After a disastrous step into educational software in the late 1990s, Eckert was selected as the company's new CEO in 2000 and commissioned with the task of bringing profitability back to Mattel.
Robert A. Eckert grew up in Chicago. He attended the University of Arizona and received his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1976. From there, he returned home to enroll in Northwestern University, completing his MBA in marketing and finance in 1977. Eckert is married with four children. He serves on the advisory board of the J. L. K...
After completing his graduate studies in 1977, Eckert joined Kraft Foods, headquartered outside Chicago in Northfield, Illinois. Initially he worked in the company's marketing department. In 1987 he was promoted to vice president of strategy and development for Kraft's Grocery Products Division. Two years later, in 1989, he becamethe company's vice...
As part of cost–cutting measures, Mattel announced in April 2001 that it would close its last U.S. manufacturing site in Murray, Kentucky. The plant, which was opened in 1973 by Fisher–Price and was acquired in 1993 when Mattel purchased Fisher–Price, employed 980 workers, who manufactured approximately 10 percent of Mattel's preschool products. Th...
Contact at: Mattel, Inc. 333 Continental Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245–5012 Business Phone: (310)252–2000 URL: http://www.mattel.com
Robert A. Eckert was the chairman and CEO of Mattel from 2000 through 2011. He remained as chairman through 2012.
Robert Eckert rose from lower management positions to attain a series of leadership positions at Kraft Foods during the late 1980s and 1990s. After revitalizing the cheese division at Kraft as well as the company's Oscar Mayer unit, Eckert was appointed group vice president in 1996.
Robert A. Eckert was the chairman and CEO of Mattel from 2000 through 2011. He remained as chairman through 2012. When I arrived at Mattel, the company was losing almost a million...
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Robert A. Eckert1954– Chairman and chief executive officer, Mattel, Incorporated Nationality: American. Born: August 14, 1954, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Education: University of Arizona, BS, 1976; Northwestern University, MBA, 1977.
