r austin type see wpp founded 1985 headquarters austin texas united states key people cherie cox president ; chris wood vp creative director ; website http www.yr austin.com y & r austin is an integrated advertising and marketing firm based in austin texas . the company is part of young & rubicam brands and a member of wpp group nasdaq wppgy . contents 1 history 2 clients 3 references 4 external links history edit y & r austin rebranded as such in 2013 began under the name sicolamartin . sicolamartin was founded by tom sicola and steve martin in 1985 . some of the firm s first clients included brice foods motorola 3m and ibm . by 1997 sicolamartin was named one of the top 50 high tech advertising agencies by marketing computers 1 and by 2001 was cited by adweek as the top regional agency in the southwest . 2 that year the company was acquired by young & rubicam . 3 from 2006 2012 y & r austin has been named one of the best companies to work for in texas . 4 clients edit y & r austin s current clients include citrix dell netiq sap and sandisk . references edit austin american statesman april 5 1997 austin business journal april 20 2001 media week april 4 2001 bestcompaniestx.com external links edit 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title y % 26r austin & oldid 718783620 categories companies formerly listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 may 2016 at 16 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view