Richard C. Levy
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Richard C. Levy

Richard C. Levy, president, Richard C. Levy & Associates, LLC, specializes in the invention, product development, design and licensing of original concepts. In business for more than for 40 years, RCL&A's licensed products include one of the best-known and successful toys of all time, Furby (Hasbro), the interactive, animatronic creature that has sold more than 70 million units globally.

Among his many games are BrainBolt Genius (Educational Insights), Adverteasing (Cadaco), Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus (Mattel) and Chicken Soup for the Soul (Cardinal), the latter two based upon best-selling literary properties.

RCL&A's licensees range from Hasbro and Mattel to General Foods and P&G.

The critically acclaimed "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cashing In on Your Inventions" (2nd Edition) and "The Toy and Game Inventor's Handbook" (3nd Edition) are Richard's eleventh and twelfth books, respectively.

Richard served two consecutive terms on the board of Intellectual Property Owners. He is listed in Who's Who in Entertainment, has been profiled by Kiplinger's Personal Finance, New York Times, Washington Post, Inventor's Digest, and Discovery Channel's "Invention" series. Richard received the Small Business Administration's Innovation Award.

Lectures: Licensing Executives Society, National Inventor's Day, National Science Foundation's Conference on Industrial Science and Technological Innovation, IBM's Inventor Dinner, The Learning Annex (12 city tour), Wharton's Entrepreneurship Conference, the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii, Toy Industry Association seminars and USPTO events among other speeches.

Richard is married to Sheryl S. Levy, his soulmate and business partner, CFO of RCL&A, and co-inventor of many board games. The couple co-authored "Plane Talk: The Consumer Air Travel Guide". Their daughter, Bettie, is an executive in the music industry. Bettie invented her first board game, Here Comes the Bride, at age 6.

Toy Book Power Kid Podcast, 2021: https://toybook.com/richard-levy-power-kid-podcast/

MoJo Nation Q&A, 2020: https://mojo-nation.com/legendary-industry-veteran-richard-c-levy-furby-creative-kryptonite-biggest-risk-not-taking-risk/
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