Brian Goldner (April 21, 1963 – October 12, 2021) was the chief executive officer at Hasbro. He joined the company in 2000 from rival Bandai, to help lead the company to refocus on its core brands such as Monopoly and Transformers, after a disastrous year where Hasbro lost $144 million, costing hundreds of jobs and the closure of the former Kenner Cincinnati offices. The strategy was successful, and in 2006 Goldner was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer. On February 11th, 2008, it was announced that Goldner was to replace Alfred J. Verrecchia as Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, effective May 22, 2008. Oddly enough, Goldner also sat on the board of Molson Coors.
On October 10, 2021, Goldner stepped down from his position to take medical leave from a continued treatment of prostate cancer since 2014, with Rich Stoddart taking over as interim CEO. He passed away two days later.
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- He is the father of Brooke Goldner, the voice of Cyberwarp in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.