Isaac Perlmutter

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name = Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter


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nationality = American
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employer = Marvel Entertainment
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title = Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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religion = Jewish
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Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter is an American businessman and financier. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Marvel Entertainment since January 1, 2005.cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=667576&symbol=MVL|title=Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (MVL:NYSE)|publisher="BusinessWeek"|accessdate=2008-03-18] cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=4310|title=Isaac Perlmutter New CEO Marvel Enterprises|publisher=Comic Book Resources|firstname=Jonah|lastname=Weiland|date=2004-10-15|accessdate=2008-03-18] cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=916900|title=Isaac Perlmutter|publisher="Forbes"|accessdate=2008-03-18] He was also the owner of Remington Products and Toy Biz.

Background and education

Isaac Perlmutter is of Jewish-American ethnic background. He is married to Laura Perlmutter. [cite web|url=http://www.med.nyu.edu/news_and_views/archive/spring_2003/trustee.html|title=Laura Perlmutter|work=News & Views: A Newsletter for the NYU Medical Center Community|publisher=New York University Medical Center|date=Spring 2003|accessdate=2008-03-19]

Business

Isaac Perlmutter had been a member of the Board of Directors of Marvel Comics since April 1993 and was Chairman of the Board until March 1995.

In 1994, Victor Kiam sold controlling interest of Remington Products to Isaac Perlmutter. Perlmutter became Vice President of Remington. Kiam and Perlmutter sold Remington to the Vestar Capital Partners in 1996.

Isaac Perlmutter also was the co-owner, with Avi Arad, of Toy Biz (later Marvel Toys), having purchased its predecessor company from Charan Industries in January 1990. When Marvel Comics went bankrupt in 1996, protracted legal battles over control of the company followed between Perlmutter, Arad, Carl Icahn, and Ron Perelman. By 1997, Perlmutter and Arad had established control over the company, pushing out Icahn and Perelman.

In November 2001, Perlmutter became Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marvel. He became the Chief Executive Officer of Marvel Comics on January 1, 2005.

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External links

* [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=667576&symbol=MVL Profile of Issac Perlmutter from "BusinessWeek" magazine]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=916900 Profile of Issac Perlmutter from "Forbes" magazine]
* [http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/OfficersDirectorsDetails.asp?rpc=66&symbol=MVL&officerID=98078 Profile of Issac Perlmutter from Reuters]