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| Type | Public (NYSE: LF) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Emeryville, California, USA |
| Industry | Educational Toys |
| Website | www.leapfrog.com |
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc NYSE: LF is an educational toy company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of infant through grade school children at home and in schools internationally.
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History
The company was founded in 1995 by Michael Wood, a Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, 1979) and University of California, Hastings College of the Law (JD) graduate, when he found no products on the market that could help his struggling son learn to read. Since then, LeapFrog has developed a number of learning platforms with a library of software titles, covering subjects including phonics, reading, writing, and math for grade school children.
LeapFrog went public on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2002. It currently trades under the symbol LF.
Products
LeapFrog’s product portfolio focuses on three main families of products; reading solutions, educational gaming and grade school products and learning toys. Well known products include LeapPad, Leapster.
Awards
LeapFrog's products have won more than 3350 awards as of March 2008.[citation needed]
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