Ruth Marianna Handler, who passed away on 27 April 2002, aged 85, in Los Angeles, California, United States, was an American businesswoman and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
The
Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the Securities and
Exchange Commission investigated the company for falsifying financial
documents.
Handler
was prominently characterized in the 2023 film Barbie.
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