digital agency held by cheil worldwide industry advertising marketing founded 2001 headquarters new york new york united states number of locations 1 area served world wide key people ceo peter kim founders keith butters robert hodgin rick webb jay sun brian costello benjamin palmer parent cheil worldwide samsung group website http www.barbariangroup.com the barbarian group is an interactive marketing firm founded in boston but currently headquartered in new york city . founded in 2001 the company reportedly works with traditional agencies and clients on the development of ordinary and viral web marketing . past projects include the subservient chicken for burger king anyfilms for samsung and the beer cannon for milwaukee s best . in late 2009 the company sold a majority stake to cheil worldwide . 1 in the summer of 2012 the company closed its boston office . 2 in december 2015 peter kim was named ceo of the barbarian group succeeding former ceo sophie kelly . 3 software edit the barbarian group has released a few software titles . citation needed references edit pr newswire cheil worldwide acquires the barbarian group http www.prnewswire.com news releases cheil worldwide acquires the barbarian group 78340257.html agency spy barbarians shutting down shop in boston http www.mediabistro.com agencyspy barbarians shutting down shop in boston b32987 stein lindsay 11 december 2015 . barbarian group ceo sophie kelly steps down . advertising age . external links edit home page cinder this marketing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the barbarian group & oldid 744007174 categories marketing companies of the united statesmarketing stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2013all stub articles 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 12 october 2016 at 15 05 . 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