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'''Stephen Schwartz''' (born c.1948/49) is an American businessman and toy inventor who served as the Vice-President of marketing at Hasbro. Under his leadership, he made [[Playskool]]
Schwartz worked as a manager at least by 1985 and was responsible for bringing back ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' after anti-war sentiment had "decimated" its sales.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/business/trying-to-run-a-bigger-hasbro.html |title=TRYING TO RUN A BIGGER HASBRO|last=Gutis |first=Philip S. |date=August 4, 1985 |website={{W|New York Times}} |publisher= |access-date=June 6, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> By [[1987]], he was promoted to Vice-President of marketing of [[Hasbro-Bradley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1985/12/22/lives/5759a1a9-94ba-47f5-b2af-a6a82a5221ab/ |title=LIVES - Stephen Schwartz |last=Lee Michael Katz |first= |date=1985 |website={{W|Washington Post}} |publisher= |access-date=June 12 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
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