Alan G. Hassenfeld (born ) is an American former chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro Toys.

Career

He is the brother of

Stephen D. Hassenfeld Stephen David Hassenfeld (January 19, 1942 – June 25, 1989) was an American businessman best known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro from 1980 until 1989. During his tenure, Hassenfeld restored the reputation of ...

, who preceded him in the post. Hasbro was founded as a Hassenfeld family business in 1923. As chairman and chief executive, he has diversified Hasbro's portfolio of companies and expanded international operations while initiating a singular brand of corporate activism designed to improve the lives of children. He was inducted into the

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in 1996.

Philanthropy

* Hassenfeld donated the

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to the city of

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. * In 2008, Hassenfeld established the nonprofit Hassenfeld Family Initiative LLC, an organization focused on women and children's rights and safety *

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renamed their Public Leadership institute after Hassenfeld in 2012. * In 2014, Hassenfeld made a major gift to establish the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center at

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, and has funded the Hassenfeld Foundation Scholarship, and other scholarships and endowments there. * A $12.5 million gift from the family of Alan Hassenfeld established the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute at

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in 2015. In 2020, Hassenfeld joined the

Board of Trustees.

Notes

Living people 1948 births Businesspeople from Providence, Rhode Island American chief executives of manufacturing companies 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American Jews {{US-business-bio-1940s-stub