founded 2004 2004 headquarters rochester new york usa number of locations 4 key people sharon napier ceo revenue 17m citation needed in 2009 owner project number of employees 135 website http www.partnersandnapier.com partners napier is a full service ideas agency clarification needed headquartered in rochester new york . the agency has another full service office in atlanta georgia and additional field offices in new york new york and san francisco california . partners napier was created in 2004 when ceo sharon napier and three partners including cfo jim dinoto and cco jeff gabel purchased wolf group s rochester new york and atlanta georgia offices . 1 the agency is the founding member of the partners group 2 an interdependent collective of north american agencies formed in 2006 consisting of partners napier partners and jeary and partners and edell . 3 the collective was dissolved after partners and jeary and partners and edell were acquired . 4 in 2010 partners napier was acquired by project 5 a holding company consisting of twelve total agencies based in auburn hills michigan . the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed . 4 project has identified no fewer than 50 potential agency targets for additional acquisition according to chairman and chief executive robert g. vallee jr. 4 in 2011 the company was chosen as one of the 30 best places to work in marketing and media by advertising age . 6 with gross billings of 130m citation needed partners napier is a rochester top 100 company as chosen by the democrat and chronicle newspaper 7 and a finalist for fast company s fast 50 award . references edit jensen trevor april 5 2004 . ex wolf cleveland execs buy out agency . nielsen business media inc. retrieved 2004 04 05 . rand ben october 19 2006 . nimble and edgy there s a group for you partner . the new york times . retrieved 2006 10 19 . williamson richard october 20 2006 . power of 3 independents unite . nielsen business media inc. retrieved 2006 10 20 . a b c elliot stuart 16 march 2011 . agreeing to be bought but keeping autonomy . new york times . napier sharon 25 april 2011 . how and why we made the decision to sell partners & napier to project worldwide . advertising age . retrieved 7 may 2012 . carmichael matt 22 august 2011 . best places to work no. 26 partners & napier . advertising age . the rochester top 100 . rochester democrat & chronicle . retrieved 2008 07 09 . external links edit agency website aaaagency search profile american association of advertising agencies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title partners and napier & oldid 732554261 categories companies based in new yorkcompanies based in rochester new yorkadvertising agencies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2012wikipedia articles needing clarification from april 2012 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 1 august 2016 at 18 45 . 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