WPP shareholders approved £11.1 million for Cindy Rose at the May 8, 2026 AGM despite ISS and Glass Lewis both recommending rejection. The 24.16% dissent is the largest holdco pay revolt of the cycle.
Everything-PR Research: John Wren, Philippe Krakowsky, Arthur Sadoun, Mark Penn, Cindy Rose, Yannick Bolloré and Martin Sorrell. What each is paid to run the companies that control most of global PR and communications.
On April 13, 2026, WPP confirmed it hired Goldman Sachs to explore a sale of Burson \u2014 the merged agency from Hill & Knowlton and BCW. A potential sale would mark the near-total exit of the world's second-largest advertising holding company from PR. The full arc of WPP's PR empire \u2014 built, consolidated, dismantled.
