agency founded 2002 headquarters starrett lehigh building new york new york united states key people john mcgarry chief executive officer parent dentsu website www.mcgarrybowen.com mcgarrybowen is an advertising agency founded in 2002 by john mcgarry former president of young & rubicam who until 2008 held roughly 90 % of the company stewart owen former chief strategic officer of young & rubicam and gordon bowen a former executive creative director at young & rubicam and ogilvy & mather . mcgarrybowen was acquired for an undisclosed amount by dentsu in 2008 . 1 it currently has offices in new york chicago london shanghai and d sseldorf . mcgarrybowen s clients include maserati 2 staples 3 marriott international j. p. morgan hewlett packard chevron crayola kraft foods chase the wall street journal disney inbev century 21 verizon wireless burger king brooklyn academy of music sears and learning leaders . until 2008 it was ranked as the largest independent advertising agency in new york and 11th in the u.s. as ranked by adage 2005 . 4 following both agencies acquisition by dentsu in 2008 5 mcgarrybowen became a sibling agency to 360i . 6 mcgarrybowen was named as adage s agency of the year in 2009 7 and 2011 8 as well as the no. 2 agency on adage s agency a list for 2010 . 9 mcgarrybowen opened their first international office in london in april 2012 following a merger with sister agency dentsu london 10 and almost immediately won the 25 million european launch campaign for honda s fourth generation cr v. 11 principals edit as of 2012 update john mcgarry chief executive officer gordon bowen chief creative officer stewart owen chief strategic officer references edit mcgarrybowen sells its soul to dentsu . mediabistro.com . november 12 2008 . mcgarrybowen drives away with maserati . advertising age . oct 29 2013 . staples leaves mccann after 9 years . adweek . may 28 2013 . http www.primaonline.it allegati file15957230430981.pdf dentsu holdings usa inc. to acquire mcgarry bowen llc of the united states . dentsu . 2008 10 01 . retrieved 2010 05 24 . patel kunur 2010 01 25 . dentsu acquires 360i taking a big digital shop off the table . advertising age . retrieved 2010 05 24 . parekh rupal 2010 01 25 . mcgarrybowen is ad age s agency of the year . advertising age . retrieved 2010 12 02 . morrison maureen 2012 01 23 . agency of the year mcgarrybowen proves solid and reliable beat fast and furious . advertising age . creamer matthew 2011 01 24 . mcgarrybowen is no. 2 on the ad age agency a list . advertising age . school reports 2012 dentsu london . campaign . 2 april 2012 . sara kimberley 3 july 2012 . honda europe appoints msgarrybowen to 25m ad brief . campaign . external links edit official web site forbes the men in the gray flannel suits new kids on the block chicago sun times retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mcgarrybowen & oldid 738418161 categories advertising agencies of the united statescompanies based in new york citydentsu aegis network brandshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012all articles containing potentially dated statements 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 20 58 . 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