public relations marketing founded 1948 headquarters new york city beijing area served global key people kathy bloomgarden ceo david finn founder bill ruder founder website www.ruderfinn.com ruder finn is a public relations firm with co headquarters in the united states and china . contents 1 history 2 clients 3 references 4 external links history edit ruder finn was established in 1948 in new york by david finn and bill ruder . 1 their first client was perry como citation needed and over time they expanded their network to include consumer products companies as well as government agencies . in the 1960s through late 1990s while representing long time client philip morris now altria ruder finn was instrumental in crafting the public relations campaign that disputed the evidence tobacco smoking is hazardous to health . 2 3 4 5 in 1997 ruder finn ran the global climate coalition a group of mainly united states businesses opposing action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions . 6 in 1998 the firm was caught in a conflict of interest after it was revealed that it represented both the jewish agency for israel and switzerland government . 7 the jewish agency s world jewish restitution organization was pursuing a settlement with the swiss government over its financial dealings during world war ii . 7 in 1999 ruder finn established rfi studios a digital practice to help clients protect and build their reputation online . the agency expanded in asia establishing offices in shanghai beijing hong kong guangzhou singapore delhi mumbai and bangalore . in 2005 pro bono work done for the un raised speculation when kofi annan s nephew kobina worked as an intern at the firm . 8 in 2012 ruder finn accepted a contract worth from the government of maldives that was condemned by the commonwealth of nations for organizing a political coup d tat that led to the fall of the first democratically elected president of the maldives . vice president of ruder finn tchividjian admitted there were diverse points of views surrounding the circumstances around the change of government 9 the commonwealth ministerial action group reiterated its call for early elections to be held in the maldives . 10 in 2011 ruder finn acquired thunder communications a chinese event management brand and marketing consultancy and formed a partnership with kyodo public relations . 11 the agency has won the prsa bronze anvils big apple awards sabres and prweek awards . 12 13 14 15 david finn received a big apple award . 16 in april 2015 the firm paid 30.7 million for a 34 000 square foot property on east 53rd street for new corporate headquarters for the firm . 17 in 2015 ruder finn acquired kyodo public relations one of the largest independent pr firms in japan and the first pr agency to be listed on jasdaq securities exchange . 18 clients edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message caribou coffee 19 johnson & johnson 20 kraft foods 21 microsoft 22 novartis 23 pepsico 23 pfizer 23 ppr 24 swiss private bankers association 22 tivo 25 tod s 11 references edit david finn the way forward my first fifty years at ruder finn . new york millwood publishing . 1998 . p. 12 . ruder & finn inc. project b an alternative proposal to project a september 1995 tobacco institute bates no . timn0004276 4299 archived 9 march 2011 at webcite ruder & finn inc. public relations study for philip morris inc. january 1968 philip morris bates no. 2021280871 0957 archived 9 march 2011 at webcite ruder & finn inc. preliminary proposal for a corporate affairs programme february 1991 philip morris france bates no. 2500120377 0438 archived 9 march 2011 at webcite 1 247 documents linking ruder finn and philip morris at the legacy tobacco documents library at the university of california san francisco archived 9 march 2011 at webcite hammond keith december 4 1997 . astroturf troopers how the polluters lobby uses phony front groups to attack the kyoto treaty . mother jones . retrieved february 6 2016 . the global climate coalition gcc run by washington p.r. firm ruder finn represents the big oil gas coal and auto corporations . a b cohen deborah nussbaum . leading p.r. firm caught in fray between swiss jewish clients . jewish telegraphic agency . cite error invalid ref tag ; name 0 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . questions surface about annan s nephew archived 9 march 2011 at webcite http www.prweek.com uk news article 1128604 ruder finn picks controversial maldives brief http www.thecommonwealth.org news 246248 160412cmag.htm a b ruder finn expands in china with four new accounts . pr week . july 26 2011 . retrieved july 3 2012 . people and accounts of note . new york times . july 5 2012 . retrieved july 6 2012 . 2012 bronze anvil results pdf . public relations society of america . retrieved july 5 2012 . pepsi takes home top honors at sabre awards . the holmes report . may 10 2011 . retrieved july 5 2012 . 2011 pr week awards . pr week . retrieved july 6 2012 . people and accounts of note . new york times . june 5 2006 . retrieved july 6 2012 . richard d. pace . ruder finn pays 30 million for new office pr news . everything pr public relations marketing and social media news . ruder finn snaps up china business of japan s kyodo public relations pr week . pr week . retrieved 2016 05 19 . caribou coffee taps ruder finn as aor . pr week . january 27 2012 . retrieved july 9 2012 . mcgough to lead new rf insights unit at ruder finn . the holmes report . january 18 2007 . retrieved july 5 2012 . ruder finn . read abstracts . retrieved july 17 2012 . a b ruder finn . the holmes report . october 26 2010 . retrieved july 11 2012 . a b c global agency report ruder finn . pr week . retrieved july 8 2012 . gucci puma holding company taps ruder finn for us corporate work . pr week . march 21 2012 . retrieved july 17 2012 . tivo enlists ruder finn . pr week . july 23 2007 . retrieved july 17 2012 . external links edit ruder finn website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ruder finn & oldid 721093507 categories public relations companies of the united stateshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016articles needing cleanup from november 2012all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from november 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 srpskohrvatski edit links this page was last modified on 19 may 2016 at 18 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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