Mattel for Barbie (film series). Mattel purchased The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1971 for $40 million from the Feld family, whom Mattel kept as management. Mattel sold the circus corporation by December 1973, despite its profit contributions, as Mattel showed a $29.9 million loss in 1972. In 1974, an investigation found Mattel guilty of issuing false and misleading financial reports, banishing Elliot and Ruth Handler from their own company. In 1991, Mattel moved its headquarters from Hawthorne, California to El Segundo, California. Arthur S. Spear, a Mattel vice president, took control of the company in 1975, who
Mark Handler board of the online digital media company called Direct Sports Network (formerly DeskSite). Mark Handler was the executive vice president and managing director of the Walt Disney Internet Group International. Handler was in charge of developing and leading WDIG’s international wire line and its mobile strategies for Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. He managed an assortment of businesses in these parts of the world, including: Disney's broadband offerings, downloadable internet games, twenty five localized versions of Disney.com, ToonTown, one expansive multiplayer online game, and Disney Mobile services. These services are now open to people living in 35 different international