Advertising SIR MARTIN SORRELL | WPP Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Sir Martin Sorrell is the entrepreneurial founder and CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising and marketing services group. He is one of the most respected global industry leaders whose views on business and economy are widely sought. He is Deputy Chairman of The London Business School and advises amongst others the China Europe International Business School. He is a Patron of The British Museum. In 2007 he received the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He was awarded the 2014 Hugo Shong Lifetime AchievementAwardinCommunicationbyBostonUniversity’s College of Communications. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK WPPcompanies, which include some of the most eminent agencies in the business, provide clients with advertising; media investment management; data investment management; public Office Locations 3000 offices in 111 countries relations & public affairs; branding & identity, healthcare; direct, digital, promotional & relationship marketing and specialist communications. Founded 1985 The Group’s worldwide companies include J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather, Y&R, Grey, No of Employees 190k+ GroupM, Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Maxus, Kantar (including Millward Brown and TNS), OgilvyOne Worldwide, Wunderman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Landor, Active Markets Worldwide Brand Union, AKQA and WPP Digital (including POSSIBLE). Clients include 355 of the Business Overview Advertising Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 71 of the NASDAQ 100. Holding Company of the Year 2014 at the Recent Milestones Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity KPI#1 £46.2bn of billings Key Financials Revenues of £11.5bn in 2014 Market Cap £20bn Website wpp.com 59
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