---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-115986"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAT"
cik: "0000063276"
company_name: "MATTEL INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T05:59:03.109697+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mattel appoints Paul Ruh as CFO, effective May 19, 2025; succeeds retiring Anthony DiSilvestro

## Summary
- Paul Ruh joins as CFO from Kenvue, where he led finance for consumer health; effective May 19.
- Ruh will receive $950k base salary, target bonus 100% of base (max 200%), and $3.8M make-whole RSU grant.
- Also eligible for annual stock target of $2.825M for 2025, a $100k signing bonus, and Severance Plan B participation.
- Outgoing CFO Anthony DiSilvestro will advise through August 15 to ensure transition.
- Ruh previously CFO at PepsiCo Latin America, J&J Consumer Health, and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-115986
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAT
- cik: 0000063276
- company_name: MATTEL INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63276/000119312525115986/0001193125-25-115986-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63276/000119312525115986/d830287d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony DiSilvestro retired as Chief Financial Officer at MATTEL INC /DE/.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously announced, current CFO Anthony DiSilvestro will support this transition by serving as an advisor to the Company through August 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63276/000119312525115986/0001193125-25-115986-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Ruh was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at MATTEL INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 2, 2025, Mattel, Inc. (the “Company” or “Mattel”) appointed Paul Ruh as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) effective May 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63276/000119312525115986/0001193125-25-115986-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.