- Brian Goldner
Brian Goldner (born around 1964) is the
chief executive officer of the American toy companyHasbro .Early life
Goldner's father Norman came from
Utica, New York , while his mother Marjorie grew up inMississippi . They married in 1961 after she came north to work forUNICEF , and settled inHuntington . Brian attended Huntington High School andDartmouth College inHanover, New Hampshire , where he majored in politics. There he practiced public speaking and being a radio DJ.cite news | author = Paul Grimaldi | title = In charge at Hasbro | work =The Providence Journal | date = 2008-05-20 | url = http://www.projo.com/news/content/NEW_HASBRO_GUY_GOLDNER_05-18-08_34A4F14_v157.2f745cb.html | accessdate=2008-05-20]In 1985, he got a job as a marketing assistant at a healthcare firm in
Long Island . There, he met his wife, Barbara, a clinical director, and they wed two years later. The couple have two children, a boy, born around 1993, and a girl, born around 1996. In 1997, Goldner was set to head theJ. Walter Thompson company's entertainment accountant division, but was lured byBandai .Hasbro
Goldner was working as
Hasbro 'sTiger Electronics unit in 2000, after the company had lost 5000 jobs. By 2003, the company recovered on the stock market, and in 2006 Goldner became Hasbro'schief operating officer . He served asexecutive producer on the successful 2007 "Transformers" film adaptation, which was credited for broadening Hasbro into a character-based multimedia company. He continues this role on the the 2009 films ' and '.References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2131060/ Brian Goldner] at the
Internet Movie Database
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