Havas
French multinational advertising and public relations company
Havas N.V. (French pronunciation: [avas]) is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group is structured into three main operational divisions, offering a wide range of services including digital advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting.
History
Early history
The original Havas was the world's first news agency, created in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas. The Agence France-Presse news agency comes from it.
By 1968, Havas had become a diversified group which had, inter alia, media interests. These interests were incorporated into a société anonyme, Havas Conseil S.A., which expanded its business rapidly. In 1975, Havas Conseil split into five parts that re-merged to become Eurocom, a holding company of a Group of subsidiaries specializing in various communications activities.
Havas was first listed on the Paris Bourse in 1982. On 25 May 1987, Havas started the privatisation process as part of a nation-wide denationalization campaign and it was finished around June.
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