Weber Shandwick is one of the largest global PR networks. Founded January 2001 in New York, now part of Omnicom Public Relations Group after the November 26, 2025 IPG acquisition. CEO Susan Howe retires September 2026; Karen Pugliese succeeds. Confirmed unaffected by the February 2026 OPRG restructuring.
At the bottom of this article is a chart created from the list of 2016's Top U.S.
A guide to the leading London PR firms — across financial services in the City, luxury and fashion, corporate affairs in Westminster, and the global holding-company networks.
Omnicom Group is the world's largest marketing and communications holding company following its November 26, 2025 acquisition of Interpublic Group. Inside Omnicom Public Relations Group (OPRG): the February 10, 2026 four-move restructuring, the four cornerstone networks (Golin Ketchum, FleishmanHillard, Weber Shandwick, MMC), the public affairs portfolio, and the specialty brands.
The decade-long arc of Omnicom Public Relations Group — from the 2016 Van Bergen integration to the 2025 IPG acquisition and 2026 portfolio restructuring.
With such high competition in the public relations field, it often becomes hard to say just who does what best.
Interpublic Group (IPG) was acquired by Omnicom on November 26, 2025. The historical profile of IPG's standalone PR roster (Weber Shandwick, Golin, DeVries, Powell Tate, R&CPMK, MullenLowe), now distributed across Omnicom Public Relations Group following the February 2026 OPRG restructuring.
New York is the capital of American PR. The major firms, sectors, and operators defining corporate, financial, fashion, media, and AI communications in NYC.
The top-ranked public relations agencies in 2026 \u2014 the holding-company networks (Omnicom, WPP, Publicis, IPG, Stagwell), the largest independents (Real Chemistry, Edelman, FGS Global), the M&A specialists (Joele Frank, Brunswick, Kekst CNC), and the AI Communications challengers. The EPR reference.
Mastercard's 2013 #InternsWanted social-recruiting campaign — six countries, Weber Shandwick, Ketchum, and APCO partner agencies, the cash-free framing seven years ahead of the broader payments-category vocabulary, and the early-talent pipeline that became a defined fintech strategic concern across the decade that followed.