Inside the C-Suite: Spin Master Co-Founder & Chair Ronnen Harary
Thursday, November 5, 2026
5:30 - 6:30pm
Desautels Hall, 105 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E6
Hosted by Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT
Harvard Club of Toronto Members: Complimentary in-person access (no book included) or $20 off tickets that include the book.
Promo code: HBSGROUP20
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Agenda:
5:00 pm - Check-in opens
5:30 pm - Presentation + moderated audience Q&A
Event Synopsis:
What does it take to turn a bold idea into a global business? How do you keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive as it grows? Join us for this candid conversation with Ronnen Harary, Co-Founder and Chair of Spin Master, the Canadian company behind some of the world’s best-known toys and entertainment brands, including PAW Patrol, Bakugan and Rubik’s Cube.
Harary will reflect on the journey of building Spin Master and how leaders create room for new ideas, navigate risk and uncertainty, and adapt as their businesses expand.
Drawing on his new book, No Experience Necessary, this conversation will offer insights and a chance to hear about the challenges and opportunities of building a business with global reach.
No Experience Necessary
The co-founder and former CEO of Spin Master, a children’s entertainment powerhouse, reveals the secret business advantages of youth—and how having no experience can be the keys to finding success in your twenties.
Ronnen Harary co-founded the company that would become Spin Master when he was twenty-three, less than a year out of college, and living at home with his mother. He didn’t realize it at the time, but his youth was his biggest asset. Thirty years later, Spin Master now has twenty-eight offices around the globe, over 3,000 employees, and billions of dollars in annual revenue. Having helped create massive global toy lines, including Bakugan and PAW Patrol, Harary’s success has helped fuel innovation in the toy industry and in children’s animation around the world.
Structured around eleven core principles, No Experience Necessary makes the case that Harary’s success sprang from the incredibly powerful advantages of youth, and that we squander these advantages at our peril. This book, part delightful recounting of the growth of a beloved toymaking brand and part manifesto for young entrepreneurs, breaks down the many ways that early adulthood conveys superpowers that can fuel our success—while they last. Whether discussing the enhanced ability to take on and manage risk, the supercharged opportunities to find the right business partners, or the good will that naturally rains down on the young from mentors and elders, Harary spins powerful and entertaining lessons from his journey that will help readers find their own path.
About the speaker:
Ronnen Harary is the cofounder and chairman of Spin Master, the global children’s entertainment company behind PAW Patrol, Bakugan, Melissa & Doug, Rubik’s Cube, and Toca Boca. He is the founder of the Toy Movement, a global effort that delivers toys to children in underserved communities, and he leads philanthropic initiatives through the Ronnen Harary Foundation.
Questions: events@rotman.utoronto.ca