PR Holding Companies

Holding companies and ownership groups that own and operate global public relations agencies — Publicis, Omnicom, IPG, WPP, Stagwell, Havas, Dentsu, Hakuhodo, MDC, PROI, ACC, New Mountain Capital, CVC, KKR, and others. Distinct from the operating PR firms themselves.

Publicis Groupe: Inside the Paris-Headquartered Global Marketing and Communications Holding Company

Publicis Groupe — founded 1926, led by Arthur Sadoun, one of the major global communications holding companies. The map: Sapient, Epsilon, Influential, the agency brands (Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, MSL, Kekst CNC, BBH), the India build, and the 2026 holding-company landscape after the Omnicom-IPG merger.

EPR Editorial Team · Dec 8, 2012