Alan G. Hassenfeld
Chairman & CEO
Hasbro, Inc.
Hellenic
2001 Recipient
When Alan G. Hassenfeld, the
52-year-old Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc., took the helm at one of
the world's leading toy companies in 1989, he was faced with managing and growing a
company with annual net revenues of more than $1.3 billion.
Today,
Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in
children’s and family leisure time entertainment with $3.8 billion in revenues and an
impressive blue-chip portfolio of familiar and popular brand names under one roof. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA,
SUPER SOAKER, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and
products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world.
Prior to
being named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1989, Mr. Hassenfeld worked his way up
the ranks of the business started in 1923 by his grandfather. Following his graduation from the University of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hassenfeld began his career at Hasbro in 1970, which has included jobs
in marketing and sales for both domestic and international operations. He became vice president of international
operations in 1972 and also served as vice president of marketing and sales, as well as
executive vice president. He was named
president in 1984 and is largely responsible for building Hasbro’s international
operations, which today accounts for approximately 35% of the company’s revenues.
Mr.
Hassenfeld is active in many charitable and social causes both nationally and locally here
in Rhode Island. He is Chairman of the World
Scholar Athlete Games and served as Chairman of Families First. He spearheaded the formation and launch of the
RIght Now! Coalition, an effort created to foster ethics and campaign reform, as well as
enlighten the Rhode Island state government to its constituent’s concerns. The coalition remains strong today and Mr.
Hassenfeld has served as chairman since its inception in 1991.
In
addition, he has been a leader in rallying corporate executives to work with elected
officials to end childhood hunger, and has been very involved in issues impacting refugee
resettlement in the state of Rhode Island by serving on the Board of Directors for
Refugees International. Mr. Hassenfeld
is on the advisory board of Big Brothers of Rhode Island and serves as a board member of
the company's two philanthropic divisions, the Hasbro Charitable Trust and the Hasbro
Children's Foundation.
Mr.
Hassenfeld is involved with many of the nation’s leading academic institutions. He is on the Board of Overseers at the University
of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Dean’s Council at the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University. In
addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the medical school at Brown
University and is a Trustee Emeritus at Bryant College.
Mr.
Hassenfeld is married and lives in Bristol, Rhode Island.
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