Isaac Larian (Persian: اسحاق لاریان, born March 28, 1954) is an Iranian-born American billionaire businessman, founder and the chief executive officer (CEO) of MGA Entertainment, the world's largest privately owned toy company.
[4] In search of opportunity, Larian arrived to the United States alone in 1971 at the age of 17, without a place to stay, unable to speak English, and with $750 to his name.
[4] After his plans to return to Iran were ended by the 1979 Iranian Revolution.,[2] Larian started a mail-order company called Surprise Gift Wagon, which sold decorative brass products from Asia.
[2] In August 2011 Mattel was ordered to pay MGA $310 million for attorney fees, stealing trade secrets, and false claims.
[10] Due to a technical procedural issue having nothing to do with the merits of the claims, the Ninth Circuit vacated without prejudice the $170 million portion of the judgment against Mattel for this misconduct.
[11][12] In March 2018, Larian launched a GoFundMe campaign to acquire Toys "R" Us after news broke out of them declaring bankruptcy.