Key Experience and Qualifications
Mr. Genachowski brings to Mattel extensive public and private sector experience in technology, media and telecom, including internet and digital communications policy, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and privacy. He also brings global perspectives and experiences from his various professional roles, finance experience as a former executive and investor, and risk oversight and corporate governance experience, including serving on the board of directors of public companies and on Audit and Risk Committees.
Director Since: 2024
Committee Memberships
Audit Committee
Governance and Social Responsibility Committee
Career Highlights
The Carlyle Group, a global investment company
- Senior Advisor since 2024
- Partner and Managing Director (2014 – 2023)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission, an independent agency responsible for implementing and enforcing U.S. communications law and regulations
- Chair (2009 – 2013)
- Chief Counsel to the Chairman (1994-1997)
IAC Inc. (formerly IAC/InterActiveCorp), a company that owns and operates global brands, including, during his tenure, Expedia, Ticketmaster, Match.com, HSN, USA Network, and SciFi Channel
- Member of Barry Diller’s Office of the Chairman, Chief of Business Operations, and General Counsel, and other roles (1997 – 2005)
Supreme Court of the United States
- Law Clerk to David H. Souter (1993 – 1994)
Other U.S. Public Company Directorships
- Mastercard Incorporated since June 2014
- Sonos, Inc. since September 2013
Additional Leadership Experience and Service
- Director, Hexaware Technologies Limited since November 2021
- Director, Sprint Corporation (August 2015 – April 2020)
- Member, President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, an independent intelligence advisory board within the Executive Office of the President (2014-2017)
- Visiting Professor Harvard Law School and Visiting Scholar Harvard Business School (2013)
- Member, President-Elect Obama’s Transition Board (2008)