
Saatchi & Saatchi: The Agency That Built the Holding-Company Model
Saatchi & Saatchi built the largest agency in the world by 1986, lost it in a 1995 boardroom revolt, and shaped the holding-company model that defines PR and advertising today.
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Saatchi & Saatchi built the largest agency in the world by 1986, lost it in a 1995 boardroom revolt, and shaped the holding-company model that defines PR and advertising today.

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