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Producer, Executive Producer Born: Cyprus Biography:Israeli-American entrepreneur Avi Arad underwent numerous career changes before landing on the top of the Hollywood heap as the world's chief megaproducer of superhero-themed films -- and an extremely wealthy one at that. Early pre-studio jobs for Arad included being a soldier in the Israeli army, a toy designer, and a rental-car salesman; in time, he became one of Tinseltown's most powerful players.
The Cyprus-born Arad reportedly learned to read by studying comic books as a young boy, which foreshadowed his subsequent involvement with the Marvel corporation. He emigrated from the Middle East to the U.S. in 1967 after fighting in the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, then set to work as a toy manufacturer in the early '70s, where he met future business partner Isaac Perlmutter, then a buyer of liquidated product. In time, a friendship blossomed between the two; after Perlmutter established himself as a... Full Biography
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