Avi Arad

Avi Arad is an Israeli-American businessman. He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s, and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, a Marvel director, and chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios.

He worked as a producer who worked on, , , , , SS undefined, SMU undefined, , , , , , , , , , , and. He worked as a writer on, , and.

While on he had many confrontations with John Semper, Jr. regarding the direction of the show. He wanted to make the show more toy friendly so his Toy Biz would become more successful, while Semper wanted to tell better stories. He antagonized Fox Kids, leading to the cancellation of the series. He eventually got his way with the short-lived SMU undefined and.