Barad's marketing skills and executive experience resulted in her election to the corporate boards of Microsoft, Reebok International, and BankAmerica.
Jill E. Barad was born on May 23rd, 1951.
Jill E. Barad was born in New York, New York in the United States.
Born: May 23, 1951
Barad received a $1.2 million annual pension as part of a compensation package of $50 million.
Barad joined Mattel in 1981 as an employee in the novelty section of the well-known toy company
1990-1992, president
Education: Queens College, BA, 1973.
1982-1983, director, marketing
She left the job after she married Thomas Barad in 1979 to become a stay-at-home wife and mother.
Barad learned about marketing, sales, and customers in the mid-1970s when she went to work for Coty Cosmetics as a traveling cosmetician and trainer.
Barad resigned as CEO in 2000 after pressure from shareholders and investors over the company's dismal financial performance and her poor strategic planning.
In 1998 Barad led Mattel into a merger with the Pleasant Company, the maker of the American Girl brand of dolls and clothes