Allen Rosenshine
American advertising executive
Allen G. Rosenshine (born March 14, 1939) is an American advertising executive who previously served as chairman and chief executive officer (1985-1986, 1989–2006) of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO). He was also the founding chairman (1986-1989) of the Omnicom Group, the second largest advertising agency in the world.
Biography and career
Rosenshine graduated from Columbia College in 1959. He joined BBDO in 1965 as a copywriter and became the BBDO New York creative director in 1975. In 1980, he became president of the New York agency and in 1985, he was named chief executive officer of BBDO Worldwide. In April 1986, He spearheaded what is dubbed as advertising's "Big Bang," a merger that created the Omnicom Group, the world's largest three-network conglomerate consisting of BBDO (Ranked No. 6) and a merged Needham Harper Worldwide (No. 16) and Doyle Dane Bernbach (No. 12). He served as chairman of the Omnicom Group for three years before famously "firing himself" and returning to BBDO as chairman and chief executive officer.
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