On April 10, 2025, Mike Wood, co-founder of LeapFrog Enterprises, passed away in Zurich, Switzerland. His tragic death was confirmed by his brother, Tim, in a statement to The New York Times.

LeapFrog also shared news of Wood's passing ... It was a blue and green clamshell that held interactive spiral-bound storybooks. Children could then use a pointer to touch a word or an item ...

Mr. Wood went on to found LeapFrog Enterprises, which in 1999 introduced the LeapPad, ... Interactive spiral-bound storybooks could be inserted inside.

In 2001, LeapFrog products were in 9 million homes and thousands of schools. By 2008, more than 30 million LeapPads and related products had been sold globally, according to the New York Times.

LeapFrog Enterprise CEO Mike Wood holds Little Leap, one of the company's educational toys, in the company's headquarters in Emeryville, Calif. on Feb. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Wood’s ...

(Gray News) – Mike Wood, the founder of the LeapFrog toy company, died earlier this month by physician-assisted suicide. He was 72. His brother confirmed to The New York Times that Wood died ...