Oscar Zhao founded BlueFocus in Beijing in 1996 with no business training, building China's first publicly listed PR firm into a communications group with more than 52 billion yuan in 2023 revenue.
Marion Darrieutort built Agence Elan into a 15 million euro independent French PR firm before its 2015 acquisition by Edelman, where she now serves as CEO of the combined French operation.
Yeo Jun-Young founded Prain Global in Seoul in July 2000, building South Korea's leading independent public relations firm and a Global Top 250 agency.
Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, founded Shandwick in 1974, building it into the UK's largest PR consultancy within seven years, then led Huntsworth's global expansion.
