Interpublic Group of Companies

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The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
legal form Corporation
ISIN US4606901001
founding 1960
Seat New York , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO
Number of employees 50,200
sales 7,882,000,000 USD
Branch advertising
Website www.interpublic.com
As of December 31, 2017

Interpublic Group of Companies ( IPG ) is a US group of advertising agencies . The company is listed on the S&P 500 stock index on the New York Stock Exchange and is based in New York City .

IPG was founded as a holding company in 1960 . Their history goes back to the two New York advertising agencies The Erickson Company (founded in 1902) and The HK McCann Company from 1912, which were merged to McCann Erickson in 1930 .

Internationally operating advertising companies in the holding are for example the FCB agency, founded in 1873 as Lord & Thomas , and Weber Shandwick .

The group's main competitors include WPP , Omnicom , Publicis , Havas and Dentsū .

Other subsidiaries

The Octagon agency, founded in 1983, has 900 employees at 68 locations in 22 countries and represents clients such as large companies such as B. Mastercard , Siemens and the AB InBev as well as well-known personalities such. B. Stephen Curry , Mark Webber , Daniel Sturridge, and Michael Phelps .

Other IPG subsidiaries include:

  • abece
  • The Axis Agency
  • accent marketing
  • Adair-Greene
  • Tierney Communications
  • German Inc.
  • Golin Harris International, acquired in 1999
  • Gotham, Inc
  • Graphic Orb
  • Hill Holliday
  • Worldwide initiative
  • Jack Morton Worldwide
  • Lowe Worldwide
  • Momentum Worldwide
  • Mullen Advertising
  • MWW Group
  • PMK / HBH
  • R / GA
  • Reprise digital
  • The Martin Agency
  • Universal McCann
  • Universal McCann Interactive

Individual evidence

  1. Our Leadership
  2. a b Form 10-K 2017 , accessed April 15, 2018
  3. About. In: Interpublic Group: profile. Interpublic Group of Companies, accessed November 11, 2015 .
  4. McCann website: McCann Erickson History ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 11, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mccann.com
  5. a b IPG website: list of the associated agencies
  6. ^ Website Octagon: Who we are and What we do . Retrieved November 15, 215