Georgiadis earned a BA in economics magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she was also Phi Beta Kappa.

[3] From 2004 to 2008, she worked as EVP of Card Products and CMO for Discover Financial, where she played a key role in taking the company public, managing consumer and business credit cards, its online business, and corporate marketing.

[4] In 2009, she served as a Principal at Synetro Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

[8] She was selected to lead the company in the hope of bringing "a fresh perspective on enterprise alignment and a female voice at the helm does reinvigorate the potential for a dramatic modernization of the Mattel operating model".

[9] Her strategy was to focus on Mattel's marquee brands such as Barbie, American Girl, and Hot Wheels while overhauling management, suspending its dividend, and developing plans to cut $650 million in costs.