Avi Arad Biography

Fast Facts

• Selected No․ 44 in the Power 100 List of 2003 for "Premiere's" annual list
• Studied industrial management at Hofstra University and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration
• Was wounded during the Six-Day War serving under the Israel Defense Forces
• Picked up jobs as a truck driver and a Hebrew teacher in order to help put himself through college
• Quote: "Hard-core fans represent a small piece of the viewing public, but they influence geek culture, journalists, Wall Street․ You don't want them to trash your project․"
• Became the CEO of Marvel Comics with his Toy Biz co-owner Isaac Perlmutter in 1996
• Handles around 4,700 Marvel characters in his role of Marvel CEO
• Normally seen wearing a unique Spider-Man pinky ring
• Read Superman and Spider-Man comics that were translated into Hebrew as a child in Israel which would pique his interest in the comic books