About Bob Eckert
• Title: CEO of Mattel.
• Joined company: May 2000.
• Previous experience: 23 years at Kraft, including CEO after 1997; previous vice president of Oscar Mayer Foods.
• Education: Bachelor's degree, business administration, '76, University of Arizona; MBA, marketing and finance, '77, Northwestern University.
• Family: Wife, Kathie, four children, ages 14 to 27.
• Other corporate board membership: McDonald's.
• Hobbies: Running, listening to rock music, spending time with family.
• Interesting office objects: A one-of-a-kind Diana Ross Barbie-like doll.
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