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Ronnen Harary
Ronnen Harary is the co-founder of Spin Master, the toy and entertainment company behind PAW Patrol, Air Hogs, Bakugan, and other major children’s brands.
Circuit updated July 2, 2026
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“Like for example, with Paw Patrol, we have our third movie coming out this August. You know, we bring out a new season every year. And within the season there's specials and there's new characters. And then with the toy line, we make sure that we keep the toy line super innovative. So we're constantly refreshing everything within the franchise. You know, our goal is Paw Forever.”
Ronnen Harary · How I Built This with Guy Raz -
“And I would say that we probably over-rotated in the last few years since I, I like to say, stepped up from being CEO of the company or co-CEO where we became too rigid. And so our culture was actually starting to shift, which wasn't a good thing for us.”
Ronnen Harary · How I Built This with Guy Raz -
“You know, if you want to build a $5 million business, then you can take guys' path. But if you want to build a business that's $20 million, $30 million, $50 million, $100 million, I think you got to take a different path.”
Ronnen Harary · How I Built This with Guy Raz -
“One of the things we did was we took a lot of the earnings that we made from Paw Patrol, and we bought Melissa and Doug. And the reason for that was to have to even out the ups and downs of the toy industry.”
Ronnen Harary · How I Built This with Guy Raz
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