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Avi Arad (Hebrew: אבי ארד; born August 1, 1948) 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, chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios.
Born in Giv'atayim, Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and raised there, Arad came to the United States during his college years and enrolled at Hofstra University to study industrial management. He earned a bachelor of business administration from the University in 1972.
Along with Toy Biz co-owner Isaac Perlmutter, Avi Arad came into conflict with Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman over control of Marvel Comics in the wake of its 1996 bankruptcy. In the end, Arad and Perlmutter came out on top, with Toy Biz taking over Marvel Comics in a complicated deal that included obtaining the rights to Spider-Man and other superheroes that Marvel had sold earlier. He was involved in Marvel's emergence from bankruptcy and the expansion of the company's profile through licensing and movies.
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Sleepless night, tonight
With the view of our world in sight
And all the stars ignite the sky
That’s ours, and when we
Sleep at night
My dreams of you are sky high
With you here next to me is where you’re suppose to be
There’ll be no more sleepless nights
The candles burning bright and I can see it in your eyes,
Don’t turn away from me because I wanna watch you sleep tonight
Maybe tomorrow we can start over again
And lay to rest our yesterdays
Sleepless night, tonight
No passing meteorite could ever smash our life
Crashing down until the end, you’ll keep me warm forever my friend
Crushed by the rubble that’s made me so strong