Ruth Handler Ruth Handler Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American businesswoman and inventor. She served as the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., and is best remembered for inventing the Barbie doll, although the doll's design was created by missile engineer-turned-toy designer Jack Ryan. Handler was born as Ruth Marianna Mosko in Denver, Colorado, to Polish Jewish immigrants Ida Mosko (née Rubenstein) and Jacob Mosko. She married her high school boyfriend, Elliot Handler, and moved to Los Angeles in 1938. Her husband decided to make their furniture out of two newfound types
Welly (toy company) Welly (toy company) Welly Die Casting Factory Limited is a manufacturer of die-cast toy cars and has been in the scale model business since 1979. The company's factories are located in Guangdong Province of China, and employ over 3000 workers. At the beginning of the 1980s, Welly mainly produced die-cast toy cars roughly 3 inches in length (approx. ). 4.75 inch die-cast toy cars (approx. ) were added later that decade. In the 1990s, the company developed models, then added 1:18 scale ones. Welly currently manufactures a wide range of scales for its customers, namely , , , 1:38, ,