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In 1985 Sir Martin Sorrell took a controlling stake in a small UK manufacturer of wire baskets and teapots called Wire and Plastic Products, as the foundation on which to build an international advertising and marketing services group. The company was renamed simply WPP , with Sir Martin as its Chief Executive.

1989: Sorrell masterminds the $864 million takeover of the Ogilvy Group, which includes Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Ogilvy Direct. WPP also gets control of Millward Brown and Research International. 1990: WPP acquires healthcare advertising firm Thomas G. Ferguson Associates.

WPP plc is a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company headquartered in London, England. It is considered the world's largest advertising company, as of 2019.

WPP plc owns many companies, which includes advertising, public relations, media, and market research networks such as AKQA, BCW, Essence Global, Finsbury, Grey, GroupM, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Kantar Group, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wavemaker, Wunderman Thompson, and VMLY&R.

GroupM is the leading global media investment management company serving as the parent to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, MEC, Mediacom, Maxus, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the programmatic digital media platform, Xaxis, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions.

Network Description. WPP is the world's largest marketing and communications company with over 13,000 people across 3,000 offices in 112 countries.

In 1964, the firm became known as Ogilvy & Mather after merging with a New York City agency that was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. The agency is now part of the WPP Group, one of the largest advertising and public relations companies in the world.