Oriental Trading Company

Oriental Trading Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryDirect marketing
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
FounderHarry Watanabe
Headquarters
Omaha, Nebraska
,
US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Steve Mendlik, CEO[1]
Products40,000
OwnerBerkshire Hathaway
Number of employees
est. 2,000[2]
SubsidiariesMindWare Holdings, Inc.[3]
SmileMakers[4]
OTC Direct Inc.
Websiteorientaltrading.com

Oriental Trading Company is a direct merchant of value-priced party supplies, arts and crafts, toys, novelties, and school supplies.[5] It was founded in 1932 as a wholesaling company. It is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.[6][7] Alternative known names for Oriental Trading Company include "Oriental Trading" & "OTC".

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jordon2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About Us | Oriental Trading Company". Oriental Trading.
  3. ^ "Oriental Trading Company to Acquire SmileMakers" (Press release). 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Oriental Trading Company Acquires MindWare" (Press release). 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Oriental Trading Careers". Oriental Trading.
  6. ^ Wirz, Matt (5 November 2012). "Berkshire Buys Oriental Trading". Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ Roumeliotis, Greg; Oran, Olivia (November 2, 2012). "Warren Buffett buys toy and party-supplies company". Reuters.