Tag Archives: Sir Martin Sorrell

Cannes 2014: What do you buy the man who has bought everything? If you’re looking for a present for Sir Martin Sorrell (left) this Christmas, anything related to American political drama House of Cards will probably be welcome – he’s ...

In the blue corner we have WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell and in the red corner my friend George Parker of Adscam fame. And this particular fight (they’ve had the odd tussle over the years)? Who, if anyone, is going to ...

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, as they say, and the stuttering (possibly faltering) Omnicom/Publicis merger appears to have benefited the wallets of a number of top WPP media executives. When the plan to merge Omnicom and ...

***More from the wonderful world of adland and its parallel universe of ridiculous pay awards: WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell trousered £29.8m in 2013, despite having his base pay reduced after shareholders moaned quite loudly about his previous pay packet. ...

Who’s that we see coming towards us, driving a flock (herd?) of black swans? Why none other than Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP. WPP has just announced its first quarter numbers and the black swan in chief (‘black swans’ ...

WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell is global adland’s version of ‘Chatty Man,’ the name of Alan Carr’s chat show on British TV (it’s probably only a matter of time before SMS gets his too, he practically took over Adweek in ...

As soon as the sun comes out so do the awards/endless talk fests – Cannes isn’t that far away now, of course. Last week we had Adweek Europe in London and now it’s turn of MIPTV, another excuse to leg ...

The key to success in the agency business is winning pitches, no matter how big or small you are. And when you’re the size of Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP the bigger pitches – the only ones the company is really ...

Another day dawns and dropping into the inbox is another acquisition by WPP. Sir Martin Sorrell’s hyperactive company has announced that it is buying XMKT Group, a Chinese marketing services agency specialising in customer experience management. Founded in 2010, XMKT ...