John A. Frascotti Ba

Biography

 Mr. John A. Frascotti, BA, J.D has been President of Hasbro, Inc. since February 6, 2017. Mr. Frascotti served as the President of Hasbro Brands at Hasbro Inc. since October 2014 to February 6, 2017 and served as its Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President from March 2013 to October 2014. Mr. Frascotti is responsible for worldwide product development, design and marketing. He served as the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Hasbro Inc. from 2008 to March 2013. Mr. Frascotti served as a Senior Vice President of New Business, Acquisitions and Licensing from 2002 to 2005 at Reebok International, Ltd and served as Senior Vice President of Sports Division from 2005 to 2008. He managed both the Fitness and Children's Strategic Business Units and was responsible for Global Sports Marketing and Licensing/New Business. Prior to Reebok, he practiced Entertainment Law in Los Angeles and Boston. Mr. Frascotti served as Senior Vice President of the Sport Division at Reebok International Ltd. from 2005 to 2008, where he managed the Reebok’s largest global business segment. From 1990 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2008, Mr. Frascotti served in several senior executive positions at Reebok, including Senior Vice President of the Fitness Division and Vice President of Global Sports and Entertainment Marketing. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Frascotti served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MyTeam.com, Inc., a venture backed internet startup focused on youth sports. He began his career in entertainment law working at top law firms including Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles and Palmer & Dodge in Boston. He serves on the boards of Discovery Family Channel, a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications and Backflip Studios. He has been an Independent Director of Corus Entertainment Inc. since January 13, 2016. He serves as on the board of SeriousFun Children's Network. He served as a Director of IDEAL Industries, Inc. since 2014 until February 18, 2016. He was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of top 5 most influential CMO’s amongst the top 500 companies in Forbes Global 2000 Biggest Public Companies list. Mr. Frascotti received his BA in Economics from Yale, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude and his law degree from Harvard.

Research Interest

 Business and Management