It’s good to find a note of cheer in these straightened times and the pied piper of St James (the posh London domicile of his S4 Capital) Sir Martin Sorrell is still on the onwards and upwards takeover trail, setting ...
Read More »Former Ogilvy boss Miles Young joins Sorrell, S4 Capital lines up new deal in Australia
S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell is still busily deal-making (via Zoom presumably) lining up a deal to buy Australia’s Lens10 digital agency to be merged with programmatic business MightyHive and a headline-worthy addition to S4’s board, former Ogilvy boss Miles ...
Read More »Sorrell’s S4Capital says growth still on the cards even as Covid-19 hits – targets Germany
Even Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4Capital isn’t immune to the depredations of Covid-19: reporting like-for-like revenues and gross profit in March this year up 6% compared to 33% in January and 21% in March. So even go-go S4 is slowing down ...
Read More »Sorrell reckons virus will “accelerate digital transformation”
It’s an il wind, as they say… S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell has been opining on Sky News that the outbreak of what he somewhat contentiously called “the Chinese virus” in a City AM report (wouldn’t be SMS if he ...
Read More »Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital banks a flying start – now it needs to bank the big time
How is Sir Martin Sorrell’s new company S4 Capital doing in these trying times? Its top line figures remain spectacular: It now bills £455.8m with reported revenue up 292 per cent year on year from £54.8m to £215m, gross profit ...
Read More »Sorrell’s S4Capital/MediaMonks spreads wings in India and APAC with WhiteBalance content business
S4Capital’s global growth continues apace with Sir Martin Sorrell’s self-styled new era digital and marketing services company conditionally agreeing a merger between its MediaMonks content creation business and India’s WhiteBalance, a complementary business based in Delhi. S4 opened an office ...
Read More »Sorrell’s way forward for S4Capital is “management with control” – ie him
Not to be outdone by WPP, the company he founded, here’s Sir Martin Sorrell on his new construct S4Capital and its component parts MediaMonks, MediaHive and new “merger” Firewood. As ever with Sorrell there’s a grand tour d’horizon – first-naming ...
Read More »Sorrell’s S4 Capital adds female-founded IMA influencer agency to MediaMonks and MightyHive
Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4Capital has added a third major leg to its business, buying what it calls Europe’s largest influencer agency IMA to merge with its MediaMonks digital content business. Both are based in Amsterdam. S4 also owns the MightyHive ...
Read More »Boys, boys: Sorrell tries to hijack Read’s WPP again
Another day, another WPP AGM and a release pings in from old boss Sir Martin Sorrell’s spanking new S4 Capital. WPP AGMs seem positively soporific these days, compared to the good/bad old days of SMS. There isn’t even a shareholder ...
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