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2003 -- present 220px larry schwarz
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larry schwarz

larry schwarz is the founder and ceo of animation collective , the new york city-based producer of children 's programming for television , the internet and home video .
prior to animation collective , schwarz founded rumpus , the multimedia children 's toy and entertainment company .
rumpus operated kids ' entertainment and community websites rumpus.com and zeeks.com and produced interactive programming .
rumpus is best known for its line of award-winning toys all based on characters and ideas created by schwarz .
its toys , including monster in my closet , gus gutz , wake me willy and harry hairball , were the recipients of awards for best toy of the year from parents magazine , family fun , child , good housekeeping , the parent 's choice foundation , and many other children 's publications and parenting groups .
in 2000 , schwarz became the youngest person ever elected to the board of directors of the toy manufacturers of america .
prior to founding rumpus , mr.schwarz served as chief executive officer of viam communications , the publishers of the vietnam business journal and vietnam 's first countrywide yellow pages .
prior to that , mr. schwarz published h magazine , a seasonal entertainment and lifestyle magazine for the hamptons resort area of new york .
he has been a frequent guest on business new shows on cnn , cnbc , fox news and npr and has been profiled in leading business publications including the wall street journal , the washington post , the la times , the financial times , the sunday times of london , fortune , and time for kids magazines .
he 's the creator and executive producer of all of animation collective 's original television series , including , `` kappa mikey '' -lrb- and its spin-off `` dancing sushi '' -rrb- , `` thumb wrestling federation '' , ' , ' , `` three delivery '' and '' '' for nicktoons network and `` ellen 's acres '' , `` htdt '' , and `` princess natasha '' for cartoon network .
in addition , schwarz served as producer of `` wulin warriors '' for cartoon network and the first season of `` the incredible crash dummies '' for the fox box .
animation collective was also the leading multi-platform content provider for kids and teens to america online .
currently , larry schwarz is the ceo of larry schwarz and his band , which produces alien dawn for nicktoons network and team toon for cartoon network .
both series , produced in partnership with fremantle media kids and family entertainment , were created by schwarz .
schwarz has lectured on marketing , product development and entrepreneurship at new york university 's stern school of business , oxford university , eton and many other schools .
a former child actor and stand-up comic , larry schwarz is a graduate of the university of pennsylvania and the benjamin n. cardozo school of law .
