As Ruth Handler was brainstorming new ideas for toys, she saw her daughter Barbara and her friends playing with paper dolls, using them to act out fantasies of being cheerleaders, college students ...

Robert Mora/Getty Images The 3,200-square-foot Century City residence was purchased from the real Barbie herself—Barbara Handler Segal, daughter of Mattel cofounders Ruth and Elliot Handler—by ...

Barbara), along with his wife Ruth and Mattel co-founder Harold Matson, established a business that's now a multi-billion dollar company employing over 30,000 people. Elliot Handler provided ...