as euronext pub industry advertising public relations founded 1926 ; 90 years ago 1926 headquarters paris france area served global key people maurice l vy ceo products branding & identity marketing market research public relations revenue 9.6 billion 2015 1 profit 937 million 2014 1 website www.publicisgroupe.com publicis groupe is a french multinational advertising and public relations company and is one of the largest marketing and communications company in the world by revenue headquartered in paris . after 1945 the little known paris based advertising agency grew rapidly becoming the world s fourth largest agency . when it was a leader in promoting france s post war economic boom especially the expansion of the advertising industry ; it was successful because of its close ties with top officials of the french government its clever use of symbols to promote itself and its ability to attract clients from widely diverse growing industries . 2 it is now one of the big four agency companies alongside wpp interpublic and omnicom . 3 publicis groupe s.a. is presided by maurice l vy and its agencies provide digital and traditional advertising media services and marketing services sams to national and multinational clients . although it was announced in july 2013 that publicis groupe and omnicom group would merge to form publicis omnicom group 4 by may 2014 it was announced that the deal had fallen through and the publicis omnicom merger would not happen . 5 contents 1 overview 2 controversies 3 subsidiaries 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links overview edit the company was founded by marcel bleustein blanchet aged 20 in 1926 . 6 the company owned several full service advertising groups that undertook a range of media activities mobile and interactive online communication television magazines & newspapers cinema and radio outdoor . the company s sams services include direct marketing customer relationship management services sales promotion healthcare communications multicultural and ethnic communications corporate and financial communications human resource infrastructure public relations design services interactive communications events marketing and management sports marketing and production and pre press services . 7 its media services include media planning media buying and media sales . publicis groupe s vivaki 8 pole has developed a technological platform supported by microsoft google yahoo and aol platform a technologies that offers advertisers the possibility to target specifically defined audiences in a single campaign across multiple networks . in 2011 publicis was named the third largest marketing group worldwide by revenue surpassing interpublic . 9 by the end of 2010 the twin sectors of digital activities and high growth emerging countries represented one half of publicis groupe s total revenue . the group had operations in over 202 cities in 105 countries including a strategic alliance with dentsu . in 2013 publicis announced plans to merge with omnicom to form publicis omnicom group ; 4 however this plan ultimately failed as it was announced in may 2014 . 10 in february 2015 publicis acquired sapient corporation to form publicis.sapient as the largest digital network on the planet including sapientnitro sapient consulting digitaslbi and razorfishglobal . in december 2015 publicis announced a new organisation designed to better serve clients around 4 main divisions publicis communications gathering creative networks leo burnett worldwide publicis worldwide saatchi & saatchi bartle bogle hegarty bbh global design and technology consultancy nurun and creative production group prodigious brand logistics and global pr agency mslgroup under the leadership of arthur sadoun ; publicis media gathering the media planning & buying capabilities of starcom mediavest group and zenithoptimedia under the leadership of steve king ; publicis.sapient gathering technology & digital agencies razorfish digitaslbi and sapient corporation under the leadership of alan herrick ; publicis healthcare already in existence will remain under the leadership of nick colucci . in addition laura desmond will become chief revenue officer leading a team of 20 chief client officers who will lead client teams across all publicis groupe entities . this new organisation will be effective 1 january 2016 . 11 controversies edit see also public executions in saudi arabia capital punishment in saudi arabia and human rights in saudi arabia qorvis mslgroup a us subsidiary amid the execution of political protesters and opponents has been working with saudi arabia for more than a decade to whitewash its record on human rights . 12 13 subsidiaries edit as of october 2015 the main subsidiary companies of this group are 14 advertising 15 leo burnett worldwide publicis worldwide saatchi & saatchi bartle bogle hegarty bbh media starcom mediavest group starcom usa mediavest zenithoptimedia performics newcast moxie ninah big fuel 16 technology & digital razorfish rosetta 17 digitaslbi phonevalley 18 publicis pixelpark sapient corporation vivaki specialized agencies 19 m dias & r gies prodigious brand logistics mslgroup publicis healthcare communications group see also edit companies portal history of advertising communications level studios john rossant vice president of communications and public affairs for publicis references edit a b c publicis groupe 2015 annual results . publicis groupe . retrieved 30 september 2016 . clark hultquist publicis and the french advertising world 1946 1968 essays in economic & business history 2009 27 61 76 the new york times . advertising s big four it s their world now . a b leo burnett parent in huge ad merger deal chicago tribune 28 july 2013 . at odds omnicom and publicis end merger new york times 8 may 2014 garside juliette 28 july 2013 . omnicom and publicis merger creates communications giant . the guardian . history of digital pre press services last checked on 11 february 2008 about vivaki . brand republic . wpp overtakes omnicom as biggest marketing group . retrieved 12 april 2011 . gelles david . at odds omnicom and publicis end merger . the new york times . retrieved 16 september 2014 . http newsflash.publicisgroupe.net uploadeddocs 20151202 021215 en publicisgroupe transformation def.pdf green chris 17 march 2016 . pr firm accused of helping saudi arabia whitewash its human rights record . the independent . retrieved 18 may 2016 . supplemental statement pursuant to the foreign agents registration act of 1938 pdf . fara.gov . foreign agents registration act . 5 april 2015 . p. 12 . retrieved 18 may 2016 . publicis groupe our brands . publicisgroupe.com . groupe publicis . publicis groupe . social media agency . big fuel . retrieved 31 july 2012 . rosetta is an agency focused on customer engagement rosetta . phonevalley agence de marketing mobile . groupe publicis . publicis groupe . further reading edit clark hultquist publicis and the french advertising world 1946 1968 essays in economic & business history 2009 27 61 76 external links edit official website v t e cac 40 companies of france last update 6 january 2016 accor air liquide airbus group alstom arcelormittal axa bnp paribas bouygues capgemini carrefour cr dit agricole danone edf essilor engie kering l or al lafargeholcim legrand lvmh michelin nokia orange pernod ricard peugeot publicis renault safran saint gobain sanofi schneider electric soci t g n rale solvay technip total unibail rodamco valeo veolia environnement vinci vivendi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title publicis & oldid 741909126 categories 1926 establishments in franceadvertising agencies of franceholding companies established in 1926cac 40holding companies of francepublic relations companiespublicis groupehidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersvague or ambiguous time from november 2015 navigation menu 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