Podcasts about Sir Martin

In today's episode, I sit down with Sir Martin Sorrell, the visionary founder and executive chairman of S4 Capital. With decades of experience shaping the advertising industry, Sir Martin shares his approach to building a purely digital advertising powerhouse. We explore his strategies for leveraging technology, adapting to market shifts, and scaling businesses with a focus on top-line growth. From disrupting traditional models to creating content ecosystems driven by data and efficiency, Sir Martin offers insights into the future of marketing and digital media. His candid perspective on leadership, innovation, and navigating the digital economy is truly unmatched.

Next in Media, spoke with S4 Capital founder and executive chairman Sir Martin Sorrell about the state of the ad business heading into a very uncertain year. Sorrell gave his take on Google's trial, the US Election, the future of ad agencies, and why the media business is a tale of two cities.Takeways:•  Advertising Market Growth: Despite global challenges, the advertising market is growing, with digital media leading the way. •  Dominance of Key Platforms: Six major players—Google, Meta, Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance—dominate digital advertising, with significant revenue growth expected. •  Economic Uncertainty: Both in the US and globally, economic conditions are mixed, creating uncertainty that hampers investment. •  Regulatory Dynamics: Sir Martin Sorrell stresses the importance of self-regulation within tech giants, comparing them to "countries" based on their market caps. •  Tech Giants' Push into AI and Efficiency: Major tech companies like Meta and Google have pivoted sharply towards AI investments, drastically increasing their capital expenditures in this area. Guest: Sir Martin SorrellHost: Mike ShieldsSponsor: Moloco & EpsilonProducer: FEL Creative

Part Two: After last week's instalment with S4 Capital's founder and former WPP boss, Sir Martin Sorrell – in which he explained why the market cap of his next generation marketing services firm had plummeted from £5 billion to £300 million in the past three years – he's back for part two. We cover the consolidation of the $700 billion global digital ad market down to a handful of global tech media players. Is that dangerous for brands and the broader marketing supply chain? Maybe, but Sir Martin thinks they're only going to get bigger. Plus, we go deeper into AI and mass personalisation – Netflix style – along with the dodgy, inaccurate, but thriving online user data trade that was revealed a month or so ago by UM's former chief privacy officer, Arielle Garcia (which is now Mi3's top podcast and story so far this year). For the record, Sorrell agrees with Garcia: “Garbage in, garbage out ... There are some murky parts of the market, but that's our role to expose that, not to be a part of it.” Either way, he thinks the platforms will only get closer to marketers at the expense of intermediaries – and there is little agencies can do to stop it. Plus, he says OpenAI chief Sam Altman, who reckons AI will displace 95 per cent of advertising jobs, is “directionally right”. The timeframe? “Three years,” per Sorrell. “It's going to be uncomfortable.” Conversely, Sorrell says the big platforms won't be shrinking any time soon. On a GDP basis, “these are countries, they are not companies anymore.” He thinks that means regulation, unless co-ordinated globally, is ultimately powerless.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: It's been three years since Sir Martin Sorrell was last on the Mi3 podcast - he declared then a mea culpa of sorts that he didn't - and couldn't - transform WPP, the giant marketing services holding company he founded in the 1970s, fast enough because it was listed. At the time (2021), Sir Martin's next generation digital holding company, S4Capital, was firing with a market cap of circa £5 billion (AUD $9.6bn), just three years after a street fight with WPP's board saw him exit and start the new business. He was bleak on the future of his old British firm at the time along with WPP's French and US-based global holding company rivals. But since then, S4Capital's market cap has plunged more than 90 per cent to £300 million (AUD $582m) as the tech sector, representing upwards of 45 per cent of S4's revenues, slashed their own marketing budgets globally. But there's more to it – the basics actually, like pricing S4Capital's business services appropriately to clients. Sir Martin almost acknowledges some rookie errors at S4 in managing the business, which operates as .Monks today globally in-market across technology and content. Aside from his typically robust macro views, Sir Martin also appears to have developed a new and begrudging respect in building S4Capital for businesses that can break down business silos - and lashings of enthusiasm to hire people “who are sharers”, he says. “If ever I was to write a book, which I will never do, about our business, clients and agencies, I would say the biggest impediment is the political structure, or the structure of the companies - they are organised basically into silos,” he told Mi3 last week during a visit to Australia. “Good people tend to put their arms around things. There are exceptional people who are good, who are sharers. Those are the jewels…find good people who are good by definition, but also who share, and we do have them inside our company, but to be frank there are not as many as there should be.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to our intimate Under The Spotlight event - The Sir Martin Sorrell Sundowner Session in Cannes recorded at an exclusive event around the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in June 2024. Join us for an insightful conversation between The Marketing Society CEO, Sophie Devonshire, with one of the most influential titans in our industry, Sir Martin Sorrell.Renowned for his remarkable journey as a brave leader and visionary, we'll get personal and unique insights into Sir Martin's perspectives including his thoughts around the state of creativity today, the disruptions we need to plan for, what today's CMO needs to thrive (and survive), and how to prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.And of course, what keeps him going...Thanks to Media.Monks for making this happen.Find out about the latest The Marketing Society events here and if you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for? Find out about how to join here.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we're rewinding the clock back two years to when we sat down with Grant Fox.  Grant is one of the best to have ever worn the All Blacks 10 jersey and is still regarded as one of the finest goal-kickers of all time.  At the time of recording, Grant was in his final weeks as an All Blacks selector and in the process of pulling down the curtain on a 40-year career with New Zealand Rugby.  We covered all the most insightful parts of his rugby career, his business, his relationship with Ryan and some of his best stories from travelling with his golf superstar son.  He also talks about his 40-year friendship with the late Sir Martin Crowe and his important work with Big Buddies and the importance of being present with your kids.  This was one of our favourite episodes and we're really excited to share it with our new listeners. Grant broke the stereotype of stoic rugby man, with passages of real vulnerability and openness. If you didn't catch it the first time around you're in for a treat.  Listen on iheart or wherever you get your podcasts from, or watch the video on Youtube.   If you'd like to hire one of our guests to speak at your function or event, flick us a message by going to B2Bspeakers.co.nz. And while you're there, if you want behind-the-scenes info on each episode and whats going on in our world, subscribe to our weekly newsletter.  This episode was brought to you from the Export Beer garden studio. Enjoy.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We welcome a distinguished guest on episode #81 - Sir Martin Sorrell, Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc. In this exclusive interview, Art Stevens delves into the mind of a marketing and advertising visionary, exploring Sir Martin's insights on the current state and future of public relations (PR). As a pioneer in the industry, Sir Martin's vast experience results in a captivating discussion that spans his journey from WPP to his current venture, S4 Capital.

In the latest episode, Adam Roberts discusses his new book, The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate, a novel where the classics come alive. Explore a re-imagined London where the greatest literary minds coexist, and a mysterious death unfolds a story of intrigue and suspense. Listen as Roberts gives an intriguing glimpse into the making of a novel that promises to captivate fans of history, literature, and mystery alike. --- Episode Links: PURCHASE from Datura Books Twitter/X: @arrroberts Forbidden Planet (Bookstore in London) --- SLD Podcast Info: www.saltlakedirt.com SUBRCRIBE to our Substack Listen on the radio at KPCR 92.9 FM Los Gatos Listen on APPLE Podcasts Listen on SPOTIFY Instagram: @saltlakedirt

Born and bred on the Island, Major General Sir Martin White is our very first guest for Season 3 of the Island Stories podcast - timed to coincide with the week running up to Remembrance Sunday. Sir Martin served a long and decorated career in the British Army before becoming Her Late Majesty The Queen's representative on the Isle of Wight - welcoming royalty to our shores as our Lord Lieutenant for 14 years.Thank you to our supporters, including Style of Wight Magazine: https://www.styleofwight.co.uk/Hosted by Harriet HadfieldProduced by Alex WarrenSign-up to Harriet's weekly newsletter 5-StoriesMusic by Mike & Izabella Russell from Music Radio Creative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Martin Sorrell is the Founder and Executive Chairman of S4Capital plc, the tech led, new age / new era digital advertising and marketing services company for global, multinational, regional and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands.To commemorate the launch of Riding Unicorns in 2020, Sir Martin joins James Pringle and Hector Mason the second time around to talk about the latest developments at S4 Capital, his perspective on the global market, how he has navigated the profound changes in our world, & so much more. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date!

Edited highlights of our full conversation. Here's a question. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? This week's guest is Sir Martin Sorrell. He first appeared on the show in 2019, and in that conversation, I was struck by his pride in building companies that provide the livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of people. Sir Martin is a polarizing figure. But he is, of course, much more human than his public persona has shown over the years. He is, also, I find, increasingly self-reflective. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? Those questions sit at the heart of modern leadership. Knowledge is indeed power. Demand too much knowledge too soon, and you can restrict the curiosity and the exploration on which creativity and innovation depend. Ask too few questions and wait too long, and you can expose the business to unsustainable and perhaps even catastrophic risk. The best leaders, I find, have thought through the questions, ‘What do I need to know and when do I need to know it?' and they put in place a clear set of expectations and practices that create clarity and consistency for the people around them. Sir Martin, famously, held very tight reins on his companies. Tighter than many liked. And perhaps his companies could have achieved even more if he had held those reins a little more loosely. But he has built companies that are undeniably creative and undeniably successful. Creativity requires room to breathe. But it does not require, nor does it expect, chaos in order to thrive. It needs simply a consistent set of conditions. If you are clear and consistent about how you create those conditions, your ability to unlock the potential of others goes up exponentially.

Edited highlights of our full conversation. Here's a question. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? This week's guest is Sir Martin Sorrell. He first appeared on the show in 2019, and in that conversation, I was struck by his pride in building companies that provide the livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of people. Sir Martin is a polarizing figure. But he is, of course, much more human than his public persona has shown over the years. He is, also, I find, increasingly self-reflective. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? Those questions sit at the heart of modern leadership. Knowledge is indeed power. Demand too much knowledge too soon, and you can restrict the curiosity and the exploration on which creativity and innovation depend. Ask too few questions and wait too long, and you can expose the business to unsustainable and perhaps even catastrophic risk. The best leaders, I find, have thought through the questions, ‘What do I need to know and when do I need to know it?' and they put in place a clear set of expectations and practices that create clarity and consistency for the people around them. Sir Martin, famously, held very tight reins on his companies. Tighter than many liked. And perhaps his companies could have achieved even more if he had held those reins a little more loosely. But he has built companies that are undeniably creative and undeniably successful. Creativity requires room to breathe. But it does not require, nor does it expect, chaos in order to thrive. It needs simply a consistent set of conditions. If you are clear and consistent about how you create those conditions, your ability to unlock the potential of others goes up exponentially.

Here's a question. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? This week's guest is Sir Martin Sorrell. He first appeared on the show in 2019, and in that conversation, I was struck by his pride in building companies that provide the livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of people. Sir Martin is a polarizing figure. But he is, of course, much more human than his public persona has shown over the years. He is, also, I find, increasingly self-reflective. What do you need to know and when do you need to know it? Those questions sit at the heart of modern leadership. Knowledge is indeed power. Demand too much knowledge too soon, and you can restrict the curiosity and the exploration on which creativity and innovation depend. Ask too few questions and wait too long, and you can expose the business to unsustainable and perhaps even catastrophic risk. The best leaders, I find, have thought through the questions, ‘What do I need to know and when do I need to know it?' and they put in place a clear set of expectations and practices that create clarity and consistency for the people around them. Sir Martin, famously, held very tight reins on his companies. Tighter than many liked. And perhaps his companies could have achieved even more if he had held those reins a little more loosely. But he has built companies that are undeniably creative and undeniably successful. Creativity requires room to breathe. But it does not require, nor does it expect, chaos in order to thrive. It needs simply a consistent set of conditions. If you are clear and consistent about how you create those conditions, your ability to unlock the potential of others goes up exponentially.

In this episode, I am talking to one of the titans of our industry, someone who I think has had a bigger impact on our industry than perhaps anybody else. He is Sir Martin Sorrell founder of WPP, the biggest holding company in the world.He has since gone on to set up S4 capital, so now finds himself in the challenger position rather than the dominant player. I wanted to talk to Sir Martin about what he sees as the biggest challenges facing our industry today and what are the disruptions coming down the line that are going to shape our industry in the future?What's his advice to CMOs? What does CMOs need to care about and what should they be doing? What skills they need to deal with the challenges coming at them in the world today. And because this is a special edition recorded live at the Cannes Lions Festival, I wanted to ask him about AI.Timestamps00:00 - Intro01:11 - Background07:18 - How do you assess the state of creativity now?12:02 - what should CMO's be concerned about?16:08 - How real a game changer is AI?18:34 - Do we lose creativity with AI?26:19 - What skills do marketing teams need to make the most of AI?29:01 - What will be the biggest disruption to our industry in the next 10 years?32:08 - What advice would Sir Martin give his younger self?39:35 - Ethical considerations about how advertising uses our personal data41:26 - Biggest decision Sir Martin regrets making43:01 - What was the secret to the growth of WPP?45:33 - Why start again after exiting WPP?46:21 - How close is Succession to the Murdochs?47:34 - Tell me something you've never told anyone48:50 - What would Sir Martin's fantasy agency look like?

On this episode Sir Martin & Lady Winters discuss Jim Jones and The Ant Hill Kids. They question how do people get caught up in Cults? Lady Winters shares 5 red flags to look out for.

Part 2Sir Martin Sorrell known for his strategic acumen and adaptability, disrupted the traditional advertising model by embracing technology and integrating creative content with data analytics. He foresaw the importance of digital advertising and invested heavily in digital capabilities, positioning WPP as a leader in the digital marketing landscape.In 2018 founded S4 Capital, a disruptive advertising and marketing services company. S4 Capital combines the power of creative thinking, data-driven insights, and technological innovation to help businesses navigate the challenges of the digital age and achieve growth in an ever-evolving market.Sir Martin Sorrell's contributions to the advertising industry have earned him widespread recognition and accolades. In 2000, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the advertising industry.In part two we discuss00:00 IP2: What motivated Sir Martin to found S4 Capital after WPP00:00 IP3: Building a culture of innovation and adaptability00:00 Outro: What is exciting Sir Martin about the next 12 months

Sir Martin Sorrell is a prominent figure in the advertising and marketing industry, renowned for his strategic vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and transformative leadership. Sorrell began his career in the advertising industry at Saatchi & Saatchi, among arguably a generation of talent he became known as the third Saatchi brother. In 1985, he founded WPP initially as a below-the-line agency but then changed direction with a sequence of the largest-ever deals in the industry. WPP grew exponentially to become the world's largest advertising and communications services company. For over 30 years, Sorrell led WPP, navigating the company through the emerging technologies of the digital revolution. In 2018 Sorrell left WPP and founded S4 Capital, a digital and data-first disruptive advertising and marketing services company. With a career spanning over five decades, Sir Martin shares the wealth of his experience over our two-part podcast. In Pt.1 We discuss: 01:20 Intro: The most interesting formative experiences in his business life IP1: The evolution of the advertising and media industry IP2: Sir Martin's process for identifying opportunities for investment and acquisition

Managing Partner, Simon Ridpath, and Senior Partner, Bart Peerless, are joined by Sir Martin Smith. In this second episode, Sir Martin Smith discusses his lessons and successes from his forty years in the world of finance and his life as a philanthropist. 

Sir Martin Broughton sold Liverpool and nearly bought Chelsea. As chair of the former he was tasked with moving the club out of the hands of previous owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett and in to its current ownership group, Fenway Sports Group. More recently, Broughton put together a consortium to bid for Chelsea, when the club came to market following the forced sale by Roman Abramovich.So there are very few people who have a more informed view on the value of a Premier League football club than Sir Martin Broughton, and although he doesn't say this himself, he'd be a good pick as an independent regulator for football.  Sport features heavily in a corporate career that includes chairmanship of British Airways and British American Tobacco, putting Broughton a close up view of how London 2012 Olympics, Formula One, horse racing and plenty of other sports really work. He's written a book - the link is here - and it's both a fascinating insight in to the sports business, and also a good cause, with all proceeds going to the Retraining of Racehorses charity.  There's a deeper analysis of the issues raised in this podcast to be found in this week's Unofficial Partner Newsletter.Link here Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter @UnffclPrtnr

Sir Martin Broughton was speaking exclusively to the ECHO to coincide with the release of his new book 'Whenever I Hear That Song' Mr Broughton played a major role in ushering in the FSG era at Anfield back in October of 2010 when the Boston-based organisation, who were then known as New England Sports Ventures, purchased the club for £300m to end the reign of the detested duo of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diese Woche haben wir einen ganz besonderen Jahresrückblick im Marketing Transformation Podcast. Erik und Sir Martin Sorrell blicken zurück auf ein Jahr voller makro- und mikroökonomischer Herausforderungen. Sir Martin erzählt, wie sich S4 Capital im Jahr 2022 entwickelt hat. Sie diskutieren außerdem darüber wie sich der Werbemarkt und das Verbraucherverhalten verändert haben und welche Trends im Jahr 2023 relevant sein werden. Sir Martin Sorrell ist Executive Chairman von S4 Capital plc. Das Unternehmen baut ein rein digitales Werbe- und Marketingdienstleistungsgeschäft für globale, multinationale, regionale und lokale Kunden sowie Influencer-Marken auf. ------- This week we have a very special review of the year in the Marketing Transformation Podcast. Erik and Sir Martin Sorrell look back on a year full of macro- and micro-economic challenges. Sir Martin shares how S4 Capital has evolved in 2022. They also discuss how the advertising market and consumer behaviour have changed and which trends will be relevant in 2023. Sir Martin Sorrell is Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc. The company is building a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, local clients, and influencer brands.

Who could forget the beginning of 2020, when a ‘mysterious viral pneumonia' emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Soon, other countries were affected and deaths around the world began to climb. Perhaps most alarmingly of all, there were no proven treatments to help prevent those deaths. As the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, and the UK and the rest of the world braced itself for what was to come, doctor and drug-trial designer Martin Landray had his mind on a solution, devising the protocol, or blueprint, for the world's largest drug trial for Covid-19. As Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Oxford University, Martin was perfectly positioned to jump, delivering what became known as the RECOVERY Trial. The trial was tasked to deliver clarity amid the predicted chaos of the pandemic and galvanised every acute NHS hospital in the UK. Within its first one hundred days, it had yielded three major discoveries and it has transformed Covid-19 treatment worldwide, already saving over a million lives. Sir Martin Landray was recently knighted for this work and RECOVERY's legacy lives on, not just for Covid. Martin plans to revolutionise drug trials for other diseases too.

We sat down with former Asia-Pacific CEO of Ogilvy PR, Scott Kronick, who is indisputably the father of modern PR in China. Scott lived in China for 29 years and is easily one of the longest serving agency leaders, foreigner or Chinese, in the China ad business. What's it going to take for Chinese brands to go abroad? This is the question we asked Scott, who's been behind the effort to take many successful and large-scale brands outside of China. China used to be about cheap goods, but now it represents attributes largely unknown back when Scott first came to China. Scott is now a Senior Advisor for Ogilvy PR, as well as the author of the book, "The Lighter Side of China". He's also an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University. 1. The big moment that China brands came into the world (besides the Beijing 2008 Olympics): 2. Do China brands need to promote their country of origin? Is "Made in China" a good thing? 3. Should more Chinese brands on Amazon embrace brand campaigns to increase their premiumness? 4. Chinese brands fail abroad when they don't understand the nuances of the local markets 5. Peaceful Coexistence of China & the rest of the world: Business that helps people more productive is more apolitical 6. What are the consistent communications mistakes of China's going abroad? 7. Where can China & US find common ground? Healthcare, Climate & Sports? 8. We couldn't resist asking Scott about Eileen Gu 9. Scott's career advice for those interested in getting into the Chinese PR business 10. Scott's advice to his 25-year-old self. 11. A/B Test: Orange (not Red), David Ogilvy, Sir Martin & Mark Read

Who could forget the beginning of 2020, when a ‘mysterious viral pneumonia' emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Soon, other countries were affected and deaths around the world began to climb. Perhaps most alarmingly of all, there were no proven treatments to help prevent those deaths. As the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, and the UK and the rest of the world braced itself for what was to come, doctor and drug-trial designer Martin Landray had his mind on a solution, devising the protocol, or blueprint, for the world's largest drug trial for Covid-19. As Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Oxford University, Martin was perfectly positioned to jump, delivering what became known as the RECOVERY Trial. The trial was tasked to deliver clarity amid the predicted chaos of the pandemic and galvanised every acute NHS hospital in the UK. Within its first one hundred days, it had yielded three major discoveries and it has transformed Covid-19 treatment worldwide, already saving over a million lives. Sir Martin Landray was recently knighted for this work and RECOVERY's legacy lives on, not just for Covid. Martin plans to revolutionise drug trials for other diseases too. PRODUCER: Beth Eastwood

We welcomed Sir Martin back to the show and Don for the first time to discuss there new book, "The End Of Astronauts: Why Robots Are The Future of Exploration. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, June 17, 2022.

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Hector discusses Harry Maguire receiving bomb threats, Sir Martin recruiting Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton for Chelsea bid, Manchester United hiring Erik ten Hag, look at the power 5 leagues as we enter the final month of the season, recap games from the previous weekend, announce our Players of the Week, and highlight games for the upcoming weekend!Update: Newcastle United will not be relegated, stay tuned for Jersey Giveaways!Shoot us an email insertnamefcpodcast@gmail.comCheck out Belly Up Sports! https://bellyupsports.com/Listen to the B.U.R.N.S. Radio! https://www.tikilive.com/channel/burns Need a logo? Hit up A&G Graphix! https://www.instagram.com/a.g.graphix/Love the beats? Then Roosevelt Spencer is your guy! https://www.instagram.com/thatguydope/Shop at Fanatics! https://t.co/UHoDlBSAoUStart a 30-Day Free Trial with Audible! http://www.audibletrial.com/InsertNameFCPodcast Get your "Insert Name" FC swag with Bonfire! https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-insert-name-fc-podcast/

Elliott Gotkine (OH 1994) host of the opening season of 'We Are Habs' is joined by Sir Martin Sorrell (OH 1963). Sir Martin shares stories of his time at Habs and his inspiring career leading the world of advertising as the founder of the world's largest advertising agency, WPP and now as chairman of S4 Capital.

To complement our new feature, My Media Life, we have a special podcast with the one and only Sir Martin Sorrell. Media consultant Arif Durrani asks Sir Martin about how he got where he is today, what the media industry means to him, and the advice he would give to someone just starting out.Join some of the most influential voices from across the global media, advertising and marketing community to hear about the latest developments impacting their sector. This podcast series eavesdrops on the conversations of industry leaders from all over the world discussing the issues that are front of mind in 2020. Topics include advances in AI, Sustainability, Events, Brand Safety, Audience Engagement, Diversity, Audio, 5G, Newsroom Development and many more. The World Media Group is a strategic alliance of leading international media organisations that connects brands with highly engaged, influential audiences in the context of trusted and renowned journalism. Its members include The Atlantic, BBC Global News, Bloomberg Media Group, Business Insider, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, National Geographic, Reuters, Smithsonian, The New York Times Company, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and associate member: Moat.For further information about the activities of the WMG go to www.world-media-group.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Martin Gilbert is known as Churchill's biographer, but also as the historian of the Holocaust. This conversation with David Freeman took place when his book Never Again was published. Sir Martin's thoughts on war are sadly relevant. Sir Martin died in 2015.

In Erik's podcast Sir Martin Sorrell describes the third act of his career. He shares his view on the advertising industry and gives insights on S4 Capital, his purely digital advertising and marketing service business that was founded in 2018. In the interview the two are discussing the following topics: What is Sir Martins perception of the status quo of the advertising industry? What is the perception of advertiser on the increasing transparency? What is the biggest limitation in terms of top line growth? What is your perception of the German media and agency landscape? E.g., Accenture Interactive What is your opinion on the future of consultants? What are the competitors for S4 Capital? In the end, Sir Martin and Erik discuss the big challenges for marketers in a rapidly changing marketing landscape. Sir Martin Sorrell is Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc. The company is building a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, local clients, and influencer brands. S4 Capital plc merged MediaMonks, its content practice, and MightyHive, its programmatic practice, into Media.Monks in 2021. The integrated brand includes more than 25 other content, programmatic, media and data companies that have merged with Media.Monks over the course of the last three years. Currently Media.Monks is more than 7000 people and is present in 33 countries. Sir Martin Sorrell was CEO of WPP for 33 years. When he left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Content recommendations: Ted Levitt 1983: https://hbr.org/1983/05/the-globalization-of-markets Hubert Joly 2021: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-hubert-joly-on-unleashing-human-magic Marion Harper: History of Media Agencys: https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/history-advertising-quite-few-objects-40-marion-harpers-plane/1148591 Holy Trinity - Sir Martin Sorrell 2019: https://www.mediavillage.com/article/sir-martin-schools-me-on-data-creativity-and-the-holy-trinity-of-s4-capital/

Tim Ringle is Global CEO of Meet the People, an “international family of unified but independent agencies. In the three months since its inception, Meet the People has acquired 3 agency brands. Tim has bigger plans. He intends to bring in a total of up to 15 agencies, reaching from Canada and the US to Europe and Asia. “We have 400 people in North America right now. We want to be 2,000 people in at most 18 to 24 months globally.” Even though he is acquiring agencies at a fast pace, Tim says what he is not building a holding company. He explains that holding companies have been consolidating the industry, the trend a “survival response” to complications from the digitization of processes and channels and, more recently, because covid has changed how work is done. He says small agencies may need to hire one or more people “just to handle the benefits, taxes, payroll, inflation, and salary increases” of those employees who now want to work from “anywhere,” where “anywhere” has different laws, tax rates, and costs of living and working than at an agency's home office. Tim sees holding companies as a powerful trend. Even though there are 14,000 independent agencies in the United States, six major holding company networks “own sixty percent of the entire media industry within the agency space.” However, Tim says, they often don't act in the best interests of their clients because they are driven from the top by financial rather than client interests. He claims that both small, independent agencies and holding companies often fail in communicating when passing clients from one agency or holding-company-entity to the next. “They're only going to talk to each other if there's some money to be made in between . . . there's a lot of lost information . . . .” In Meet the People's “family,” the agency owns its affiliate agencies, but the people within those affiliate agencies also “own a part of Meet the People.” The network structure provides “a fully integrated approach for brands . . . to cross-pollinate across multiple services,” the opportunity for the agency to build multi-brand micro-offices, and scalable support for dealing with “anywhere” variances. Tim says, “Keep the brand, be the best you can, but let us create connective tissue between the different companies to see if we can increase share volume with a client.” Tim has a lot of experience building global agencies. He says he has learned that it is extremely important, “especially in the beginning of the engagement,” to build trust with the client. To do this, his team of disparate agencies will need to work as one. Tim is bringing his people together physically to take time to create “a deep understanding and culture between all the different offices, people, trades, and brands,” building what Tim describes as an “integrated DNA.” They also will be discussing the implementation of individualized OKRs (Objectives, Key Results), a tech tool for tracking accountability. Tim says his agency is very focused on operational excellence, on brand positioning, on bringing really good entrepreneurs . . . and on hyper-goals. He says it is important to make the right decisions now because, “if you build something with small cracks, they become massive gaps when you are at scale.”  As his agency network continues to grow, Tim is excited about finding “really talented entrepreneurs who want to change the industry who can't or are tapping out” with their skills/abilities/finances and being able, through Meet the People, to provide the experience, capital, and structure and small-enough scale “where they can actually still move things.”  Tim can be reached on his agency's website at: https://www.meet-the-people.com/. Transcript Follows: ROB: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast I'm your host Rob Kischuk and I'm joined today by Tim Ringle, Global CEO at Meet the People based in New York, New York. Welcome to the podcast, Tim. TIM: Hi, Rob. Thank you for having me. ROB: It's great to have you here. Why don't you start off by telling us about Meet the People, what is the business, and what are you all best at. TIM: I think, to understand what we are building with Meet the People, you have to understand a bit of my background. I've been an entrepreneur in the agency space – primarily digital agency space for 24 years. That sounds long but I'm also 45 years old so I can carry that. I started my first agency literally in the basement of my friend's house. We started as a SEO agency digital marketing agency, very much focused on performance marketing. I was blessed to be able to do that in '98, '99 – when this industry was about to develop and therefore was able build that business to 150 people and then sell the business. After that, I did a reverse takeover of the company that bought my business –and that got me to around 400 people in Europe. So, I started my first business in Germany – my native Germany – and we scaled the 400 people agency that was all across Europe into 1,000 people. It was stock market listed in beautiful Paris. I left that to move to the dark side of the ad industry as I call it. Having built multiple agencies as an independent agency entrepreneur, you were always battling the holding companies, right? And I swore to myself many times because they beat me and sometimes I beat them. That's how it works, right? I swore to them I would never work for them. So, I ended up moving to New York City and working for 1 of the holding companies who always wanted to acquire my business. So, I did that for 3 years within IPG. I have to say the experience was amazing. I really learned a ton of stuff that I couldn't learn from being someone who was leading 1,000 people. Now I was part of 65,000 people. I inherited an agency there – once again, a performance marketing agency – around 1,000 people – and then left it after 3 years scaling it to 3,000 people. So, I've done this a couple of times and what we're building with Meet the People is what I would say is version number four of my vision of what an independent agency network should look like. We're building it with my 24 years of experience of what I liked and disliked in the agencies that I've built in the past. What I liked the most was that people in the advertising industry are mainly driven by culture. If you're good in your trade in advertising, you can get a job anywhere on the client side in tech companies. You can build your own company because marketing, just like legal, is a service that you always need everywhere. So, selling a product, branding a product, coming up with a marketing strategy is something you can use pretty much in every business in the world. It's 1 of the integrated parts. Why do people choose to work for an agency? Because they love the culture in agencies, right? What we're doing at Meet the People – when we looked at the industry and I had – I still have the same vision. I'm building a global agency network as an alternative to the large holding companies. I figured that nobody's talking about the people anymore. Everybody's talking about technology, data, automation, and how computers will replace us, how AI will come up with creatives – all this kind of stuff. It's true that the technology has enabled us to be extremely more efficient. But, in the end, the new Coke logo or the new “just do it” from Nike does not come out of AI or a computer, it comes out of the brain of a human being a creative strategist. So, we believe (or I believe) that we have to remember in the ad industry that it's all about the people. We are a service industry. Without the people who are sitting behind the machines and using the machines, tech enabled, we're not going to produce disruptive, new ideas that actually put a brand on the map. That's why we're building Meet the People. I can obviously talk much more about it. But that's kind of it in a nutshell. ROB: When you say an agency network . . . what does that look like when it's an agency network? It's not a holding company. I'm curious about the differentiation of some of the different agencies within the network and how you think about that – because your website is very people-centric. It's more about the people, the partners, than it is about this brand and this specialization and this other thing we just acquired and all that you see in the holding company world. TIM: Correct. So, why am I not calling it a holding company? A holding company has one purpose – and it is a financial orientation. right? So, a holding company is most a holding company because it is actually managed by finance people. I don't necessarily I don't want to diss anyone. But I would say that a finance-led company most probably will be struggling with creating the best strategy, best creative, and best outcome for their clients. They might create the best outcome for themselves, right? That's why we're not calling ourselves a holding company. We are running this network of agencies who, don't misunderstand me, we do own the agencies – and the people within the agencies own a part of Meet the People. That's the concept. We are building this, first of all, to fulfill a fully integrated approach for brands so, instead of just servicing one client within one specialty with one agency, we are allowing the conversation to be elevated and to cross-pollinate across multiple services. For example, when our creative agency, VSA Partners, out of Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Beautiful, creative design work and strategy. When they come up with a brand refresh or rebranding or brand strategy – I would love to see that through until you actually can see it on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn – wherever that brand comes to life besides on brochures, in magazines, or the logo or the CI. Many independent agencies, because of their size and their financial scrutiny because they're small, can't invest a lot of capital into innovation or additional services. They can't see that journey through. That means you have a lot of inefficient handshakes in between. That happens in holding companies because they're structured that way, but it happens in independent agencies as well. One independent agency is a hundred people might be excellent in creative. The next one might be excellent in social media. But they're only going to talk to each other if there's some money to be made in between. There's a lot of lost information when a chief creative officer comes up with a brand strategy and somebody implements that on social media in community management. We want to make that a much more seamless flow with less barriers for the client but also more excitement for the people involved because you actually see the product living there and a colleague of you in another agency – but it's part of our structure – has basically put that on the social channel or billboard. ROB: When you come to thinking about – there's, obviously, within a holding company lots of capabilities, you're talking about these more seamless handoffs. How do you think about building that team? Did you go out hunting for best of breed agencies to bring them into the group or did you build some capabilities from scratch? How did you think about this? TIM: We were going to do both. We started Meet the People three months ago and since then we had 3 agency brands join us – so we acquired 3 brands. Three agencies and we're going to bring more than 10 – probably 15 plus – companies into Meet the People as a group. We're going to do that in North America – so we already have US, Canada, some capabilities. We're going to do it in Europe and then we're going to do it in Asia. How we decide what to go for depends on what services we need next in that journey. Right now, we have a very strong creative agency with VSA Partners and we have a very strong experiential agency with Public Labels. We have certain services that sit in a similar bucket where the client sees the service, so that adjacent service is part of the scope. If we don't service that ourselves. then we should basically fill that gap either with another agency joining us or with building these capabilities organically with the acquire or actually hire before revenue. Ultimately, we want to have a seamless handshake between the different trades. ROB: We have 2 former guests who have been acquired into a similar opportunity recently – which is interesting. We had Chantel from Imagine Media and Techwood Digital were both acquired. Jared Belski, who was the CEO of 360i, has rolled up 3 or 4 agencies. That's all I know. Is this a trend or is this just 2 people that happen to have done a similar thing and why now? TIM: No, it is a trend. As much as I don't like the traditional holding company model, we have to respect that the holding companies have created an industry. Because there's 14,000 independent agencies in the United States alone. Fourteen thousand and there are six networks and the six networks own sixty percent of the entire media industry within the agency space, right? So they've created an industry. We all live in that ecosystem and that industry. The trend right now and primarily driven by the extreme success of what whatever intention Martin Sorrell, Sir Martin Sorrell, had to bid as for capital. If it was ego, if it was revenge, I don't know. He only knows. But he has been extremely successful from a financial perspective doing that because there is a gap, a vacuum in the Market. So, there's models like that that are older than the S4 Capital MediaMonks model. MediaMonks is only 3 years old but Stagwell MDC by Mark Penn is 5-6 years old and You & Mr. Jones is also 7 years old, I think. So, there's a couple of these what we call an agency rollup network model. They existed for years. What has changed in the industry is covid has accelerated the fact that independent agencies got scrutinized because of their size. Before, when you were 100 people, you could live a very good life as an independent agency. There's two real trends. One is the digitalization of processes and channels. At the same time covid is putting extraordinary pressure on talent, new work. This is all very complicated for smaller companies to handle because now your people tell you, “I want to work from anywhere.” How are you going to do that from a benefits perspective . . . tax perspective? It creates complications. Clients are the same. “Oh, I don't need you to come into my office anymore, but I want to take T&E out of your expenses.” Economy of scale becomes more and more important. A couple of people have understood that, so these networks are created over the last couple of years. But they're also created all over the planet. So there are networks in Asia, networks in Europe, networks in the US. There's only very few who can bridge multiple continents. This is one thing we're going to do with Meet the People. We're going to bridge multiple continents because we believe (or I believe) that our clients want the same quality of service across multiple jurisdictions that are not only North America. So, I've not invented this model, right? They exist. They're very successful. The main reason why they're successful is that, when you have, as I said, 100 people on your P&L, it's very difficult for you to invest a million dollars into innovation technology. You might only have a million dollars of profit and you want to keep some of that. Usually, it's very difficult for them to hire before revenue, to anticipate bigger jumps. In economy of scale, it's easier for us to say, “Ten, twenty percent of our EBITA goes to a business strategy consultancy layer that most agencies can't afford or a technology IP that you actually own as a company. We can make these investments. And that makes it extremely attractive. ROB: How do the capital markets feel about this sort of arrangement? I know there's a lot of money out there looking for yield. I could also see the case that you just have to self-finance this sort of thing if you want to. Where is the money side of the world? Are they looking to fund this sort of thing because they need something to believe in and something that's going to give them better than inflation? Although inflation is getting pretty good now. TIM: Let's make a relatable example. Let's imagine you have a million dollars excess capital right now. You have it lying around. Where are you going to put it? You can put it into crypto. Very risky. You can put it into NFTs. Even riskier. You can put it into traditional venture capital. So, there's a lot of money in the market. But there's also a lot of options in the market. You know pre-IPO, post-IPO, or FinTech, software as a service, space – there's so many categories. The service business as a sector in general or the advertising industry service side of it – not MarTech AdTech – it's not the most attractive industry to invest money. Why? Because you have no tangible assets. The desks, the computers – they're all at home right now. As people, as a company, you maybe own intellectual property. But mostly you have a lot of walking assets and that's your people. For the longest time, the ad industry was not super attractive for larger investors. That has dramatically changed because of the pressure coming from tech. Tech has gotten so heavy on advertising and so relying on advertising. Same time that there's more capital in the market and that a couple of people, including Sir Martin and others, have proven that you can make real money there. Most of the investment in this space is private equity and I would say large family offices. ROB: It's fascinating just to see this emerge. I think I hear what you're saying that you know there's all these different factors in play, right? You have some firms that are a little bit “walking wounded” due to . . . it does get complicated when people want to be in different states and now you're having to pay taxes on your payroll in different states. There's an economy to having 1,000 people, 10,000 people where you know what there's a department that handles that baked into the margins of the overall business. I totally get it. TIM: Yeah, and you don't go through this alone, right? If you have a 50-people business and 20 people decide they don't want to work from New York anymore or LA, they're going to work from anywhere, you need to hire at least 1 more person just to handle the benefits, taxes, payroll plus inflation increases plus salary increases. So, it's complicated. What's important about Meet the People is we give that layer at scale, but the agency brands stay independent in their DNA. We're not changing their brands. VSA Partners that joined us at the beginning of the year is VSA Partners. They've done that. This work for 40 years . . . successful. They're an incredible, talented shop and great people. Why would we change any of that? Doesn't make any sense. Keep the brand, be the best you can, but let us create connective tissue between the different companies to see if we can increase share volume with a client. You're already sitting on an amazing client. You define the strategy. Why don't we talk about who actually builds the website, who actually manages social media? Why don't we talk about it because we already have that relationship? That is very attractive to companies who don't have that client access. There's a lot of independent agencies who are very specialized, who would die to get into a client like Google or IBM or Ford who just can't because they don't have the gravitas.  ROB: When it comes to new and existing business, it sounds like you have some thoughts about the role of location. But the role of location is different from what it used to be. On the one hand you mentioned having offices and having people in these different geographies. But you also had this dynamic where some of the agencies that are joining the network may have played very much off a home field advantage that may not be the case anymore. So, how are you looking at the strategic role of geography? TIM: I think geography stays extremely important. I'm someone who grew up with in-person meetings and built businesses within in-person meetings. I do believe in-person meetings to create chemistry. Especially in the beginning of the engagement with the client, it's extremely important because you're not only buying a service, you're buying the trust into the person across from you. Because there's so many agencies out there. So many service providers out there. Who are you going to go for if the service is extremely comparable and they sadly so are? In the creative space, not as much, but in the digital execution, who does better search than that person – there is a chemistry factor to that. I think in person will stay extremely relevant. Our strategy here is to say, instead of having large headquarters, we're going to have more micro-offices. When we have 10 agencies, let's say in North America, it's extremely likely that we end up having 20 offices all over the place. Instead of having one person in a WeWork, we're going to have 20 people from maybe 5 different agencies in Austin, Texas. Or we're going to have the same in Dallas, or we're going to have the same in San Francisco. We already have 5 offices in North America and anyone from these companies can really work from anywhere within these proximities. We also hire outside of these proximities because we want to have at some point an office in Miami, maybe in New Orleans, and whatnot. So, I foresee that we have certain client-centric larger footprints in New York, LA, San Francisco. We have Boulder, Colorado, we have Chicago, we have Toronto . . . but we're going to have a lot of micro-offices because we need to have flexibility. That's new work. This is part of that. Maybe one of the things we got from covid . . . besides covid. ROB: Really fascinating. Tim, we quite often ask people what lessons they've learned and what they would do differently, but it strikes me that you are actually in the process of getting to do things differently. You know we say, what would you do if you were starting over? You, you have had a chance to do that in some cases. An interesting thing about this model is you're kind of starting on third base but you have agencies who have made it here on their own journeys and you're having to coalesce something together. What are you doing differently in the structuring of Meet the People that you learned in your past and said, “It's got to be different”? TIM: One thing that we're doing the same is creating a deep understanding and culture between all the different offices, people, trades, and brands. I've done this before. The last business I managed for IPG, I ended up having 72 offices around the globe. The business before had 25 offices around the globe and we made sure that these people met physically. It sounds counterintuitive during covid but, the fact that you spend time together workshopping. For example, let's say we have five companies and all their creatives can come together in one location for three days and talk about the differences of their work approach. That would be such a forming experience for them because they all are going to learn from that. You have some people who have done this for 40 years. You have some people who are doing this for 4 years. It's that culture of respect, of understanding, of bringing the different traits together. I think that is extremely powerful. I learned through this journey that you can have you can have the best product in the world. If your people don't believe in it, you're not going to go anywhere. Creating that belief and creating that culture and creating that integrated DNA is a little bit of magic that's extremely important to build a successful business. That's what I learned. What I go to do different, and I kind of promised my wife I would, is travel less. I don't think that's not happening. What I try to do is travel a little bit less because covid allows for that new model. The second thing that I learned is to run an agency a little bit more like an agile tech company. Not because I want to strip away the creativity or anything – none of none of that. The problem in many agencies is that there's a lack of accountability because of a mutual understanding that the creative process is complicated. You know what I mean. Building a tech product is as complicated and needs as much creativity. But somehow there are better levers or control mechanisms in there that allow you to achieve a target in your planning session a little bit quicker and more agile. We want to apply a little bit of startup thinking to a very traditional industry. ROB: I think anybody in the startup industry would claim the same degree of creativity and the same degree of craftsmanship. I'm very much from a software development background and if you want to talk about something that resists measurement. People always say, “Building software is not the same as building a house. You can stamp out houses, but software is a different thing.” Yet within technology there are certain constraints that you talk about. You don't get to just walk away and say, “Well I'm sorry. It'll take some amount of time and we'll show up and it'll be great. There's process to it. TIM: In the advertising industry, that is not always the case. People walk away and they say, “I'm going to come back in a week or two because I don't know when I'm going to come to a product.” I get that because it's creative and it needs time but in many of these trades you can have OKR's, for example. So you can have certain accountability factors or set certain targets. That's how you can manage a large company. A bit more agile and efficient.  ROB: Yeah, so to talk about OKR's for a moment because they're popularly said, but I think sometimes poorly understood. Where did you come to a good understanding of them and how do you think about deploying them? TIM: I've got to be honest with you. This is why I got my management team together in New York this week. They're all here in the office in New York – came in from Germany, London, Connecticut. Sounds like a long trip but we're all coming together. ROB: Can be. TIM: We are coming together right now, here in New York, to decide “how do we implement OKR's within an agency environment” and we're not done with that journey. We're not done with the discussion, but we do know we want to approach it a little bit different than the last 3 times we did it together. I think in six months' time I can answer that question much better. I do believe that OKR's need to be very individualized. Your overall underlying principles are the same, but you have to individually craft it towards your organization because you don't want to over-engineer it as well, right? You need to give people the freedom. So, I will be able to answer that question in three to six months ROB: Sounds good, sounds good. Tim, as you're thinking about what's next for Meet the People and for this evolved holding company model, what's coming up next? What are you excited about? TIM: For us, it's hyper-goals. We have 400 people in North America right now. We want to be 2,000 people in at most 18 to 24 months globally. So, we are very much focused on making the right decisions now because, once you build something with small cracks, they become massive gaps when you are at scale. So, we're very much focused on operational excellence, on our brand positioning, on bringing really good entrepreneurs. When I look at companies, we have to do the financial background checks and stuff like that needs to be in order. But I'm looking much more for entrepreneurs who see that the industry needs to change. That is where the minds are aligned with the companies we are looking at and acquiring and partnering with. That's what I'm most excited about, finding really talented entrepreneurs who want to change the industry who can't or are tapping out with their skills or their abilities or financially and asking, how do I get from 50 to 100 people? How do I get from 100 to 200 people? We bring the experience. We bring the capital. We bring structure where they can actually still move things – because we're not 10,000 people or 5,000 people like our competitors are. So, that's what gets me most excited. Then, obviously, there's always something new in our industry, there's always something new, right? It never stops. I remember when I built my first agency, I thought, when I master search, I'm going to be done with this. Affiliate marketing comes along. Oh well. Then I master affiliate marketing. Then social came and I mastered social. Programmatic came. It never ends – and that's also, to some extent, very exciting because you keep having to learn and adapt. At some point, I will age out, where people will tell me, “Tim you know what? Just drink your coffee. You know we have got it because you don't, and you don't get it anymore.” ROB: (Laughs) Ah, so it's always a struggle to try and figure out what things you might be aging out of and what things are just a little weird. It's always a little bit of both. TIM: That's right. And what's the little bit of bullshit right now in the industry that you can just face over. You don't need to go deep. ROB: I think there were moments early in social where it felt very experimental. It felt very strange. It felt very frothy. We've been through that on an influencer. You were around. I was around. You look at the crypto world and it seems almost like – I could be dead wrong – I think the thing that's most misunderstood but also well observed now about the dot Com era is everything happened eventually. But it didn't happen then. That's maybe where we're at with crypto. I'm not sure. TIM: Well, like crypto is one thing, but then think about NFTs, right?  ROB: Yeah, I'm lumping that in. Yeah TIM: Okay, if you lump it all into one OKR, fair enough. I can talk for hours about my diverse opinions on NFTs and the NFT world. Nevertheless, we have clients who are extremely excited about and who really want to deploy capital, being part of that industry because there's the strong underlying belief of making something really good at the same time. There is this unnecessary social hype on certain topics where I'm thinking, “Guys, you're destroying something that was meant to be really good. I think blockchain and crypto is falling or has fallen into a similar trap where the underlying idea . . . because technically I'm an engineer, right? I got my first pc when I was eleven. Taught myself coding and all this kind of stuff. So, I love the idea of blockchain and decentralized holding of assets and accountability and ledgers. That's amazing. It could solve so many problems in world. The problem is that when dodgecoin comes along in Shibona or whatever, the next thing is, it drags it in the dirt. The underlying technology is incredible. The sad story is people want to get rich fast and lots of them don't. ROB: That's right. It happened before. People built the worst websites in the world for a couple million bucks back once-upon-a-time early internet. TIM: But you remember when you could buy 1 pixel on a website or something like that for a thousand dollars and there were these crazy businesses out there and it's coming back, just differently now. My hope is that just like the dot com bubble . . . yes, there was a hype. Yes, there was a crash but, after that an actual industry developed. So, I'm hoping that we're going to go through the same thing with NFTs and some of these offsprings of crypto. ROB: That makes complete sense. Well, Tim, Thanks for hopping on. Thanks for illuminating us on what's going on in this holding company opportunity, what you're doing with that. I think it's interesting you started and you kind of knew what it looked like to run a large organization. I can imagine starting with 2 people in a closet might not always be the best use of those skills. It's neat to see the industry lining up in a way that that lets us see so much happen so quickly. So, thanks for coming on. Good to have you, Tim. TIM: Thanks Rob for having me. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it. ROB: Alright, be well, thanks, bye.

Sir Martin Sweeting, Founder and Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, discusses satellites, space technology, returning to the moon, the European Space Agency and the UK Government's recently published Space Strategy.

In this episode Sir Martin exlpains exactly how he formed S4 Capital and acquired MediaMonks and MightyHive creating a new era, new media business. 8 mergers last year and 2 mergers this year while most people were still recovering from their New Year's hangovers and have continued on an ambitious growth path and are now valued north of £3bn.

Sir Martin Sorrell's career needs no introduction: from years spent at Saatchi's and WPP, he has developed a keen advertising acumen and the experience to rival any other leading marketing personality. Sir Martin believes there are two worlds of advertising: the analogue "old world" which has very little if any growth, and the digital "new world" where brands need to focus their efforts in order to stay competitive. In this episode, he tells us how digital is changing our ways of working and how he's leveraging it in his new project, S4Capital Group. The Shiny New Object podcast is a production of Automated Creative, an adtech platform that turns brands' media impressions into marketing intelligence. Find out more at http://www.automatedcreative.net/ (www.automatedcreative.net)

A year ago today, we released S1E1 of Riding Unicorns with Sir Martin Sorrell. In this first edition of Riding Unicorns bitesize, we pick out the best bits from that episode and dissect some of the advice given by Sir Martin. 

In his rich career, Sir Martin Sorrell has been at the helm of some leading advertising agencies, from being CFO at Saatchi's to CEO of WPP for 33 years. He founded S4 Capital 3 years ago to focus on what he calls the new growth area of marketing: the digital universe. Sir Martin's Shiny New Object is the two worlds of advertising, specifically the split between analog and digital. He finds that the difference isn't being made clear enough, with analog having very little or no growth whereas digital has huge growth potential. Listen to Sir Martin talk about the future of digital, how marketers should adapt their model, and his top tips for those just starting out in the industry today.

Sir Martin Sorrell, famed for 'inventing the earn-out', taking over WPP and aggressively scaling the largest Ad Agency in the world talks to Oliver about his greatest successes and biggest regrets.  Founding S4 Capital Group in 2018, Sir Martin grew a Unicorn (£1bn company) in under a year, he tells Oliver about his 'twenty squared' strategy and the future of the economy, why D&I is critical for all business and how to build, merge, manage and scale a business of the future!  This episode is not just insightful to entrepreneurs but leaders and CEO's alike.  Exclusive Content - Martin's Unique Business Model - https://bit.ly/3Dn8B7K The Earn-out doesn't make any sense - https://bit.ly/2Y1iJ64 Why Martin left WPP - https://bit.ly/3mCv9vo For more exclusive content visit Oliver's YouTube - https://bit.ly/38ieswM We're thrilled to be sponsored by Coronation Wealth Management LLP for the 4th series of this award-winning podcast series. Coronation Wealth Management, an Appointed Representative of St. James's Place Wealth Management, provides a wide range of services to their clients to help them build, grow, protect, or preserve their wealth.

Show Notes No Agenda Episode 1373 - "Mass Formation" "Mass Formation" Direct [link] to the mp3 file ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 1373.noagendanotes.com Sign Up for the newsletter Archive of Shownotes (includes all audio and video assets used) archive.noagendanotes.com The No Agenda News Network- noagendanewsnetwork.com RSS Podcast Feed Experimental IPFS RSS Feed Get the No Agenda News App for your iPhone and iPad Get the NoAgendDroid app for your Android Phone Torrents of each episode via BitLove document.write("Last Modified " + document.lastModified)This page created with the FreedomController Credits "Mass Formation" Executive Producers: Anonymous John Craig Sir Martin of the Western Downs William Hrynko Jr Sir Crushalot, Black Knight of the Leelanau Grapefields michaellgoodell@gmail.com Associate Executive Producers: Sir Wonderhelm Anne Dunev Mike Robinson Rachel Epperson Asta Astrauskaite 1373 Club Members: Sir Michał of Szombierki son of Jan Become a member of the 1374 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster - Fountain Knights & Dames DCGirl -> Dame DCGirl of the Virginia Lovers Martin Radloff -> Sir Martin of the Western Downs Art By: Capitalist Agenda End of Show Mixes: Sir Chris Wilson - Tom Starkweather - Sound Guy Steve Engineering, Stream Management & Wizardry Mark van Dijk - Systems Master Ryan Bemrose - Program Director Back Office Aric Mackey Chapters: Dreb Scott Clip Custodian: Neal Jones NEW: and soon on Netflix: Animated No Agenda Sign Up for the newsletter ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 1373.noagendanotes.com New: Directory Archive of Shownotes (includes all audio and video assets used) archive.noagendanotes.com RSS Podcast Feed No Agenda Lite in opus format NoAgendaTorrents.com has an RSS feed or show torrents document.write("Last Modified " + document.lastModified)This page created with the FreedomController 22033 Keywords

Show Notes No Agenda Episode 1372 - "Grope Line" "Grope Line" Direct [link] to the mp3 file ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 1372.noagendanotes.com Sign Up for the newsletter Archive of Shownotes (includes all audio and video assets used) archive.noagendanotes.com The No Agenda News Network- noagendanewsnetwork.com RSS Podcast Feed Experimental IPFS RSS Feed Get the No Agenda News App for your iPhone and iPad Get the NoAgendDroid app for your Android Phone Torrents of each episode via BitLove document.write("Last Modified " + document.lastModified)This page created with the FreedomController Credits "Grope Line" Executive Producers: Dame Julian, Duchess of Bastrop County Martin McCauley Sir Me-how of Schamberki son of Jan Sir Cutuzov Stephen Deane sinead visconti Seneca Brown Dr. Jonathan Boom CN Marchand Baron Finch Jay Cole Sebastien Guite Josh Cox aka Sir Thoth of Thalhalla Brian Williams , Sir KC9YJM, Green Knight of Hams; Baron of the Ionosphere; Order of Broke Knights Christie Bentley Baroness Sarah Ruppert Associate Executive Producers: Ron Pepper Christopher Hubbard Amy Mullin Dame Rachel Daniel Evans Sir Teetse Red Citabira Sir North to South Sean Schweizer Sir Principles of the spineless twatts 1373 Club Member: Martin McCauley Become a member of the 1373 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster - Fountain Title Changes Sir Dodger of Panhandle -> Sir Dodger of The Northeast Kingdom Knights & Dames Alicia Julian -> Dame Julian, Duchess of Bastrop County Valeri Guirine -> Sir Cutuzov Aaron Farrell -> Sir Principles of the Spineless Twats Tom Fisher -> Sir Tom of Pig's Eye Martin McCauley -> Sir Martin of Tampa Bay MICHAL KOMOROWSKI -> Sir Me-how of Schamberki son of Jan Art By: Comic Strip Blogger End of Show Mixes: Sir Chris Wilson Engineering, Stream Management & Wizardry Mark van Dijk - Systems Master Ryan Bemrose - Program Director Back Office Aric Mackey Chapters: Dreb Scott Clip Custodian: Neal Jones NEW: and soon on Netflix: Animated No Agenda Sign Up for the newsletter ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 1372.noagendanotes.com New: Directory Archive of Shownotes (includes all audio and video assets used) archive.noagendanotes.com RSS Podcast Feed No Agenda Lite in opus format NoAgendaTorrents.com has an RSS feed or show torrents document.write("Last Modified " + document.lastModified)This page created with the FreedomController 21997 Keywords

S4 Capital chairman Martin Sorrell shares in a fireside chat how the tech wars will impact Southeast Asia,  why he thinks pitching is artificial and why S4 Capital believes in "landing and expanding" instead.

Sir Martin, my Grade 11 adviser as well as my Filipino teacher in both my Grade 11 and 12 years, taught me the two most important P's in life: prioritizing and perseverance. Although he indirectly taught this to me and all of us, I learned by his actions. Join me today, as we ask the Lord to help us prioritize what we need to do and develop the perseverance we need to face the everyday problems in our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/miguel-esquillo-mk1615/message

Sir Martin's first time viewing of The Shining come listen in as we explore this particular film. Was director Stanley Kubrick trying to tell the audience something? Will we ever truly know? I believe in the chat I called Stephen King's The Graveyard Shift, The Midnight Shift. Wasn't ever a fan of that movie.

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #070March 2021So what comics did Professor Alan read during March? Was there actually a new one, right off the shelves? How many featured female lead characters? How many were sci-fi books? Listen to the episode AND FIND OUT!!! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directlyYou may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Promo: Back to the Bins: Avengers Spotlight  Dr. Anj's Lori Lemaris post on Sir Martin's blog Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during April? Listen to the next episode, which should be out in early May.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

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Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn In today's interview we have the opportunity for a detailed conversation with a man who has been at the forefront of advertising and marketing communications for 5 decades. Founder of WPP, its CEO for 33 years, he is now the creator of S4 Capital, an entirely digital advertising and marketing business at the epicenter of a marketing and commercial revolution. Sir Martin describes his youth and upbringing, and the ambition that drove him, which he ascribes to his grandparents who arrived in the UK as refugees. He describes his path to Cambridge and Harvard Business School, working for Mark McCormack at IMG before joining Saatchi & Saatchi. He talks about the advertising world that was ripe for disruption, his decision to buy and build WPP into the world's largest agency, and the battles and challenges and near-death corporate experiences en route. He describes what lies behind his staying power, ambition, and how S4 Capital was conceived. In a rapid time period, S4 Capital has become a major force in the new world order of digital communications and already has a market capitalisation of £2.6 billion. He describes the strategy around building a purely digital advertising and marketing services business, serving major companies around the world and why the Holy Trinity of first-party data, digital content and programmatic advertising will super charge the next wave of growth in the industry. He talks about growth through acquisition, partnerships and culture and the need today to build strong links directly to the consumer and the shifting emphasis to digital, and away from legacy advertising. He explains the dominance of the major tech companies, their evolution and current challenges, and what is going on in the minds of CEOs and their boards. Finally, there is some advice from one of the world's great corporate warriors about resilience, determination and the need for speed in surviving and thriving.

Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman at S4 Capital, joins Dan Gold as Fuse's first ever guest to discuss PR's performance during the pandemic, the future of office-life, and much more. We would love to hear from you following on from our chat with Sir Martin. Is there something that stood out for you? How are you feeling about the return to the office? Fed up with isolation, or has working remotely been a revolution for your work-life balance? Send us a voice message here. To hear more about these themes and PR's role in the new business landscape, sign up to attend the PRCA International Summit on 30th and 31st March. Produced and Hosted by Dan Gold. Production and editing supported by Martin Charlton Communications Music: Opening: New World by TONEZPRO. Closing: Sunkissed by IKSON. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuse-podcast/message

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A discussion about 1981, Valentines Day Horror/Slasher film, My Bloody Valentine. We reflect back on times that were simple and walking into Motts. Sir Martin, shares why the reboot of Wrong Turn, made him feel maybe he made a wrong turn during this movie. He was impressed by the talented cast. We end this segment with the connection of Lady Winters family to Jack Ruby.

This TRL Extra post is picked by T-Renaissance Inc. (www.t-renaissance.com) editors regarding a latest industry insights from “campaignasia”, written by Matthew Miller and published on the 14th Jan 2021. T-Renaissance Inc. is a full turnkey technologies solutions business connecting the world with China, with a focus serving the retail, telecoms, media sectors.

Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc, which is building a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, local clients and millennial-driven influencer brands. Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services company. When Sir Martin left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for 9 years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that. S4 Capital plc merged with MediaMonks, its content practice, in July 2018 and MightyHive, its programmatic practice, in December 2018 and has added eight further content programmatic and data companies to both practices in 2019 and six in 2020. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange under SFOR.L and after a little over two years, S4 Capital plc has over 2870 people in 30 countries, with a market capitalization of over $2.7 billion. Sir Martin supports a number of leading business schools and universities, including his alma maters, Harvard Business School and Cambridge University and a number of charities, including his family foundation.

Who is Sir Martin Sorrell? Sir Martin is a British businessman and the founder of WPP plc, the world's largest advertising and PR group. Upon his retirement in April 2018, Sorrell was the longest-serving chief executive of a FTSE 100 company. Thereafter he launched S4 Capital. Two years later, it is worth £2bn.

On this day in Tudor history, 22nd November 1594, naval commander, privateer and explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher, died at Plymouth. He died of gangrene after having been shot in the thigh during hand-to-hand combat during a siege. Frobisher is best known for his three voyages in search of the Northwest Passage and his naval service during the 1588 Spanish Armada, for which he was knighted. Find out all about the life and career of this Tudor explorer in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/N96bbIVBr2I Also on this day in Tudor history, 22nd November 1545, Henry VIII’s trusted physician and confidant, Sir William Butts, died after suffering from malaria.Sir William Butts was the doctor who was sent to treat Anne Boleyn, when she was ill with sweating sickness, and also advised on Princess Mary's sickness. He was also the man King Henry VIII confided in about his problems consummating his marriage to Anne of Cleves. He was obviously a man the king could trust. You can find out more about him in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/39hVtHLo_l8  Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/ Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books: On This Day in Tudor History - https://amzn.to/3oceahHThe Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown - https://amzn.to/3m8KaSiGeorge Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat - https://amzn.to/2TdwyZrThe Anne Boleyn Collection - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1TThe Anne Boleyn Collection II - https://amzn.to/3o9LUwiThe Anne Boleyn Collection III - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1TThe Life of Anne Boleyn Colouring Books - https://amzn.to/3jkJ5Vz Claire has also done an online history course, The Life of Anne Boleyn, for MedievalCourses.com - https://medievalcourses.com/overview/life-anne-boleyn-mc06/ You can find Claire at:https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com https://www.tudorsociety.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

Sir Martin Sorrell is the advertising mogul who took a small company called Wire and Plastic Products (they used to make shopping baskets back in the day) and transformed it into the biggest advertising company in the world. After leaving WPP in 2018, he set up S4 Capital — a new, data-driven, obsessively futuristic marketing company for the modern age. It is already worth more than £2 billion, and, in his own words, has left the traditional agencies looking like dinosaurs. In a brilliant episode of the podcast, Sir Martin talks about his role as the third Saatchi brother; about plans for retirement (spoiler — he doesn't have any); and about how his grandfather cut off a cossack's arm at the age of 10.

Any good student of advertising and marketing should know Sir Martin Sorrell’s name! From his rising to star status as Saatchi & Saatchi’s CFO, to his building and shaping of WPP— growing it from a shopping cart maker to the world’s largest advertising holding company, Sir Martin is as well known for his legendary insights as his headstrong opinions. Listen as he and Bob discuss why you need to employ dissenters, how his father’s drive and work ethic shaped his career, and how a sabotaged memo almost prevented him from working with David Ogilvy.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Sir Martin Sorrell is the Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc. Sir Martin rose to prominence for founding WPP plc, the world's largest advertising and PR group. Prior to his departure from WPP in 2018, Sorrell had become the longest-serving chief executive of a FTSE 100 company.We are absolutely delighted to launch the podcast with such a fantastic guest. In this first ever Riding Unicorns episode James and Sir Martin discuss his legacy, the process of going through an acquisition and the mentality required to succeed in business. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

"COVID basically has accelerated the digital transformation at the consumer level, at the media level... and then last but not least at the enterprise level."In this special episode of the Mumbrellacast, Mumbrella founder Tim Burrowes chats with S4 Capital founder and executive chairman, Sir Martin Sorrell.Up for discussion is Sir Martin's outlook on the economic climate, why the 'growth' model of S4 Capital outstrips those of traditional holding companies, how WPP is cannibalising itself, and the legacy of David Ogilvy. Sir Martin reflects on previous economic crises, offers his views on whether the 'quadrennial effect' of the Olympics and US election on marketing spend will actually take place in 2021, and explains why he is "quite bullish about next year".He also dives into holding group models; critiquing WPP's recent mergers of Wunderman and JWT, and Y&R with VML, analysing why traditional models need to be dismantled, and explaining why S4 Capital's growth strategy is built for this era.

This week, we're celebrating 100 episodes of the EMG GOLD Podcast with a very special guest: the legendary businessman, Sir Martin Sorrell. Sir Martin talks about the importance of making decisions without delays, the power of being the best to become the biggest, and having a roadmap to lead you to your goals.

Sir Martin Sorrell is Executive Chairman of S⁴Capital, a new London listed vehicle with the objective of building a new age, new era, digital advertising and marketing services platform for clients. S4Capital has completed the acquisition of MightyHive in December 2018 for a total consideration of USD 150 million. MightyHive is a San Francisco based market-leading programmatic solutions provider. This transaction followed the acquisition of MediaMonks for €300 million in July 2018 and furthered the company’s strategy of combining award winning creative production with digital media planning and primary data analytics. Prior to S⁴Capital, Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Company plc for 9 years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that. Sir Martin graduated from Cambridge University and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The interview Discusses: The differences between the current business climate and the one at the start of his career in the 1980s. His views on when share buybacks are appropriate.Why capital allocation was so critical for shareholder returns at Jarden. Executives he believes are good capital allocators.  How he managed to gain control of the company that eventually turned into Jarden. The acquisition strategy he employed while running Jarden (that he still employs today). How he evaluated brand equity when making acquisitions of consumer products companies. Why he believes he would have had the same success today even with the growing popularity of private label brands from Amazon and Costco. His current views on Newell. His latest SPAC (which he is partnering with Viking Global on) and what his acquisition strategy will be. And much more…Biography:Sir Martin E. Franklin is the Founder and CEO of Mariposa Capital, a Miami based family investment firm focused on long term value creation across various industries. Mr. Franklin serves as Founder and Executive Chairman of Element Solutions Inc., Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Nomad Foods Limited, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of APi Group Corporation and Chairman and controlling shareholder of Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC. He is a principal and executive officer of several otherprivate investment entities.Prior to founding Mariposa Capital, Mr. Franklin founded Jarden Corporation in 2001. Under his leadership, Jarden grew from approximately $300 million in revenues to more than $10 billion, comprised of over 120 global brands and 35,000 employees before it was acquired by Newell Brands in April 2016. He served as Executive Chairman of Bollé, Inc. from 1997 to 2000 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Benson Eyecare Corporation from 1992 to its sale in 1996. Jarden and Benson generated over 5,000% and 1,800% stock returns to their investors respectively.Mr. Franklin received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. A father of four, he resides in Miami, FL with his wife Julie. He is an avid endurance sports enthusiast and an active supporter of a number of charities including the Challenged Athletes Foundation and Wounded Warriors Project.To read the transcript of this interview click here. 

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Sir Martin Sorrell is the Advertising and Marketing Icon who's founded and built the world's biggest advertising company WPP. When he left the company in 2018, WPP had a market capitalization of 16bn GBP and over 200.000 employees in 113 countries. Since he founded S4 Capital, a purely digital marketing company, roughly 2 years ago it's market cap has reached well over 1.5bn GBP. For Sir Martin Social Media Platforms are ‘supremely powerful' due to their global reach and the velocity at which information can spread across the globe. Facebook boast over 3bn monthly users, so eliminating hate speech on its platform is pivotal. However, Sir Martin does NOT believe companies should pull or pause their advertising from platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. Economic pressure through ad boycotts is wrong and does not work in the long run. Constructive dialogue and finding a solution for true change is the better strategy. Using Twitter as a global communication tool, is ‘extremely intelligent'… even for government representatives and Presidents. However, Sir Martin points out that communicating through Social Media needs to be done diligently and with a clear understanding of potential impact and ramifications of the content published. His Key advice for Life: ‘Find an Industry you enjoy, build a Reputation, don't be a Job-Hopper, Learn Languages (Chinese) and Code. And if you can, start your own Company and invest in it. Disclaimer: I am an investor. More about Mentorit.TV: http://youtube.com/mentorittv On S4 Capital: Website: https://www.s4capital.com/ LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2Wjipf2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/S4Capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/s4capital - - Road Trip by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpssnpH_H4c

As the 10-year anniversary approaches of FSG taking over at Anfield, and with Liverpool on the cusp their first Premier League title, the Liverpool ECHO’s Sean Bradbury catches up with the club’s former chairman Sir Martin Broughton. He talks the deal that saw John W Henry’s group take charge, including how close George Gillett and Tom Hicks were to putting Liverpool into administration. We also hear how impressed Sir Martin has been with FSG’s stewardship of the Reds, including how they’ve added value to the club’s worth, and even any potential ‘exit strategy’ they may have. Enjoy.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtw?view_as=subscriberVisit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc

Lady Winters introduces co-host Gatekeeper known as Sir Martin.  Together they discuss topics that may seem weird to most. With a bit of dark humor. You can follow Lady Winters on Twitter @labellana_t  on Instagram at wintersloveshorror, or just like Buzzard View Manor's page on Facebook. 

Today I am chatting with Sir Martin Sorrell, who is Executive Chairman of digital advertising and marketing company, S4 Capital plc, which currently has a market capitalization of over $1.2 billion. He was also the CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services company. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for 9 years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that. Throughout this interview Sir Martin speaks very openly and authentically about his journey. This interview is a great listen for anyone looking to gain powerful business insights from someone with decades of experience. In this interview you will learn about: How Sir Martin got his start in business What it really takes to become successful in business How the advertising industry has changed overtime Why retirement is overrated The importance of persistence and speed And so much more... Check out S4 Capital! https://www.s4capital.com/ Find this interview on Youtube! https://youtu.be/HH_AC3KXvVw Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yasminarte/ Share your key takeaway on Instagram and I will repost you! Get yourself some ultra hip streetwear that actually stands for something real! Get a 10% discount at lowkeyemotional.com when you use the discount code YAS10 at the checkout! Audio edited by the wonderful Jake Babineau. You could say he's an audio genie. He's also a great musician with a crazy podcastable voice — he composed my intro! Check him out on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jake_babineau/ Music taken from the ending of his song ‘On The Cold Tile Floor': https://bit.ly/2KQGZhN I conducted this interview on behalf of CUE (Cambridge University Entrepreneurs) You can check them out here: https://www.cue.org.uk/

In this provocative conversation, Sir Martin Sorrell outlines the future of marketing and advertising and how the holy trinity of first party data, digital content, and programmatic advertising will supercharge the next wave of growth. Jason and Sir Martin discuss the true meaning of faster, better, cheaper and how to deliver on that promise through a new-era, tech-led advertising and marketing services model.Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital, a purely digital advertising and marketing services business totally focused on growth. Before founding S4 Capital, Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services company, with a market capitalization of over £16 billion when he left.

In this week's episode of Blogosphere: Serious Influence, Alice Audley (Blogosphere’s founder) speaks to Sir Martin Sorrell, who is the founder of S4 capital – a digital advertising and marketing services company established in May 2018.  S4’s strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services business by integrating leading businesses in three areas: first-party data, digital content and digital media planning and buying. Before S4 capital, Sir Martin was the chief executive of the world’s largest advertising and PR group WPP, which he founded in 1985 after taking a controlling stake in a small UK manufacturer of wire baskets and teapots called Wire and Plastic Products. Last year, Media Monks – S4 capital’s digital content arm merged with Amsterdam-based influencer-marketing network IMA.

"To my dying day I would have regretted not giving it a go." - Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman S4 Capital. In our conversation Sir Martin Sorrell reflects on decisions behind the turning points in his career and the difficulty of balancing career and family. Sir Martin is a living legend in the world of advertising. Some even draw a comparison to Don Draper known from the TV Series ‘Mad Men’. He built is career working for the ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi which he left at the age of 40 to do his own thing. He then made his fortune, valued at almost $500M dollars (Source: Wikipedia), by turning WPP, a manufacturer of shopping baskets, into a global advertising network. At 73 he departed WPP. But rather than retiring he is now doing it all over again with S4 capital

Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of Transatlantic History Ramblings, tonight we dive into the fun, freaky and fascinating world of Sir Martin Frobisher, pirate, explorer, con man and Canadian hero! We were honored to be joined by Ansel Burch of Starlight Radio Dreams and Our Fair City fame, Ansel gives us an entertaining overview of the first half of the Frobisher legend, while also joining us on some of out ramblings. This is part I of II and Ansel will be back soon for part II of this amazing story!! All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and the fact that we discuss topics such as historical crime, that may not be suitable for all audiences.

Sir Martin Jacomb was born in 1929. After Eton and Oxford, he was a barrister, before starting a career in business. He has been Vice-Chairman of Kleinwort Benson, Deputy Chairman of Barclays and was Chairman of the Canary Wharf Group, the London Docklands property company, during the epic takeover battle of the early 2000s. Sir Martin has also held senior board position at Rio Tinto and Marks and Spencer, been Chairman of Prudential and served on the Court of the Bank of England.

In this episode, Brendon and Russell sit down with Sir Martin Sorrell, British businessman founder of WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, and current chair of S4Capital, a media company focused on building a modern digital advertising and marketing platform for global minded clients.     Direct from the offices of S4Capital, which as of this recording has reached US dollar unicorn status with a market cap of over $1.3 billion, the conversation with Sir Martin spanned topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions to unicorn valuations, to advertising in the age of the two-second ad.     A fascinating, uncensored conversation with one of the biggest influencers and legends within the advertising industry.   

If we've learned anything in the tech world over the last decade, it's the folly of not taking the long view. So the start of a new decade seems like a good time to talk "big picture" with Lord Martin Rees, one of the world's most prominent scientists. His most recent book is called "On the Future: Prospects for Humanity." In a full-episode interview, Sir Martin and Nora don't just look decades ahead, but also millions of years into human future.

Sir Martin Sorrell is Executive Chairman of S4 Capital, which is building a new age, new era, digital advertising and marketing services platform for global, multi-national, regional, local and millennially-driven clients. Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million "shell" company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services company. When Sir Martin left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalization of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for 9 years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that. S4 Capital PLC merged with MediaMonks, its content practice in July 2018 and MightyHive, its programmatic practice, in December 2018 and has added seven further content programmatic and data companies to both practices in 2019. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange under SFOR.L and after a little over one year, S4 Capital PLC has almost 2000 people in 26 countries, with a market capitalization of over $1 billion. Sir Martin supports a number of leading business schools and universities, including his alma mater, Harvard Business School and Cambridge University and a number of charities, including his family foundation, which his wife runs. He is married to Lady Cristiana Falcone-Sorrell and has four children and seven grandchildren. On this episode, Sir Martin shares his one way ticket which is first back to this private moment and then on to this paradise location. Plus, he talks Brexit, entrepreneurship, failure as the platform of success, and predicts the winner of the 2020 US Presidential election. Sir Martin is just one of the dynamic personalities featured on The One Way Ticket Show, where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they would go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-orta; Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Fashion Expert, Tim Gunn; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Playwright, David Henry Hwang; Journalist-Humorist-Actor, Mo Rocca; SkyBridge Capital Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Anthony Scaramucci; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, chefs, writers, intellectuals and more.

Die Werbung hat uns im vergangenen Jahrhundert viel bewegt. Und wir sprachen mit einem Mann, der ganz groß in der Werbung ist: Sir Martin Sorrell. Er hat gezeigt, was man mit Werbung alles machen kann und er ist immer noch einer der großen Player. 1985 investierte Sorrell privat in das Kleinunternehmen Wire and Plastic Products Plc, und baute es durch zahlreiche Mergers & Acquisitions zur WPP Group um. Ein Jahr später übernahm er die Leitung des Unternehmens, welches er darauf hin durch diverse Übernahmen zu dem größten Medien- und Kommunikationsunternehmen der Welt machte. Jetzt hat er erneut sein eigenes Unternehmen gegründet, das nach nur einem Jahr schon über 1000 Mitarbeiter hat. Er verriet im Gespräch mit GeVestor, was er vom Start-up Spirit hält, was diesen ausmacht und was ihn dazu bewogen hat noch einmal neu durch zu starten.

On today's episode, I am joined by Sir Martin Sorrell. Sir Martin is the founder of S4 Capital, dubbed a new era digital advertising and marketing services company. Previously, he founded WPP, the largest advertising agency in the world.Today, you'll learn: Why Sir Martin founded S4 Some of the ways in which organizations are collecting first-party data Industries particularly well-poised to build better direct relationships with their consumers The differences between "new era" and "legacy" brands and creative agencies Advice on how to get more direct Be sure to stay subscribed for more content and thought leadership like this, and do please leave a rating and review on iTunes if you like what you hear.Reach out to Adam Conner on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjconner/ or via email at adam.conner@govivoom.com with suggestions for guests, content, or general interest/feedback.Find more at https://www.podcast.vivoom.co/.Enjoy!Music: "Streetview" by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This week, Sir Martin Moore-Bick published his Phase One report from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. The 838-page report focuses on the events of that dreadful night: how the blaze started, how it spread so ferociously through the building, and how organisations including the emergency services responded. Sir Martin has also produced recommendations aimed at preventing similar disasters from happening again. Our team has spent the last few days picking through the report, and in this episode of The Housing Podcast, we discuss the key points.

To reflect on nine years of ownership by the Fenway Sports Group, we’re turning the clock back not quite that far but to April 2017. Back then Andy Kelly and Neil Jones headed down to London to speak to former Liverpool FC chairman Sir Martin Broughton. During their 90-minute chat, Sir Martin reflects on his time at the helm between April and October of 2010. He reveals how administration was a realistic proposition for the club, how Rafa Benitez came to leave the club as well as they internal politics regarding Tom Hicks and George Gillett during the takeover procedure. A fascinating insight into the inner workings of Liverpool Football Club during one of the most telling periods of the club’s existence. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In a conversation with SSPI's Robert Bell, Sir Martin Sweeting, Founder and Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), talks about his early years,  the leadership lessons he learned, how he hires and what he has learned about leading a team bringing major innovations to market. Sir Martin launched SSTL in 1985 to exploit the commercial potential of Surrey's novel small satellites - initially with 4 employees and a capital of just £100. SSTL has grown now to 500 staff with an annual turnover of £100M and exports exceeding £700M. Sir Martin is also a Distinguished Professor at the University of Surrey, where he founded and chairs the Surrey Space Centre. Under Sir Martin’s guidance, the Surrey Space Centre has similarly expanded to around 100 researchers working across a wide range of multi-disciplinary space topics, with very close links to both SSTL and ASTRIUM for the sponsorship and exploitation of its research - demonstrating the real synergy of academic research and commercial exploitation. In recognition of his pioneering work on cost-effective spacecraft engineering, Sir Martin was appointed OBE in 1996 and awarded a Knighthood in the Queen's New Year’s Honours list in 2002.

In the OMR Podcast, Sir Martin talks about life post WPP, his new company S4 and how companies can compete in a world of digital walled gardens.

You're going to be hearing Ken Auletta's name a lot this month. Auletta, who has been writing the Annals of Communication column for The New Yorker since 1992, is the author of a new book about the industry's current existential crisis. "Frenemies" comes out June 5. He'll also be at Cannes at the end of the month interviewing Martin Sorrell on stage. This, however, is our moment to turn the tables on Auletta and interview him for the Ad Lib podcast. We discuss privacy, Sir Martin, platforms, publishers and his least favorite ad of all time.

In April 2017, Andy Kelly and Neil Jones met former Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton to talk about his time at Anfield.In a 90 minute interview, Broughton reveals:* RBS would have been prepared to put Liverpool FC in administration rather than refinance Hicks and Gillett  * He didn't sack Rafa Benitez - and didn't want him to go * he kept FSG interest in buying LFC away from Hicks and Gillett until absolutely necessary  * the Liverpool board was split on whether to sell to FSG or another bidder  * Roy Hodgson took the Reds job knowing he could be sacked within weeks of his appointment A must listen for Liverpool fans. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Marketing industry bellwether Sir Martin Sorrell kicked off this year's Leaders Sport Business Summit and he kickstarted this behind-the-scenes podcast too. Nic Coward, the man tasked with interviewing Sir Martin, gives his assessment of the discussion. This collection of conversations also includes: - Sir Dave Brailsford on a turn as questioner rather than questioned as he reflects on a conversation with Billy Beane - very much Marginal Gains meets Moneyball. - Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics, talking about cold meets before he’s interrupted by Philadelphia 76ers CEO Scott O’Neil and a discussion on NBA jersey patches, dynamic ticketing and more ensues. - Irina Pavlova, former President of Onexim Sports & Entertainment, on an intimidating run out with WWE chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon and her plans for a new role in London. - Reflections on monetizing digital platforms – with insight from FT CEO John Ridding, Conde Nast’s Dolly Jones and Keith Grossman from Bloomberg via Omnigon Chief Commercial Officer Dave Nugent. - Lewis Wiltshire on Legendary Entertainment’s Matt Marolda and Moneyball for movies and the major social platforms and their likely – or unlikely - moves into sport. - Gerry Cardinale, founder and CEO of RedBird Capital, and the man behind the creation of the YES Network and Legends Hospitality, on where to find the real value in sport.

Mark Coles profiles Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the retired judge leading the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire Sir Martin was born in Wales and educated at Cambridge. His career has spanned nearly five decades after being called to the Bar in 1969. As a lawyer, he specialised in commercial law which involved dealing with disputes relating to maritime and land transport of goods. He was a judge for more than twenty years in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal until his retirement in 2016. Producers: Smita Patel and Jordan Dunbar.

On this week’s #MediaSnack we provide a little update on the 2016 media agency pitch market. As you will recall it was a busy 2015 with fun-sounding MediaPaloozas and scary-sounding MediaTsunamis at every turn. This year has been a little quieter so far, perhaps because brands have been holding back a little to see how big events like the ANA #RebateGate reports resolved and if #Brexit would materially change the UK and global economy. Now those events are passed, but the implications still becoming clear, we expect more brands to be preparing to launch media agency pitches in Q4’16 or Q1’17. We have seen this week IKEA announce the conclusion of their global framework pitch with Diageo and BT are still in progress. We encourage ID Comms clients to consider pitches carefully and try to avoid pitching solely with a financial objective to cut costs, this is typically a short-sighted tactic which affects business performance in the longer term. A race to the bottom on costs and pushing agencies just to save money creates many of the transparency issues we have been discussing for years. We find these days marketers are more keen to discuss their own behaviours and how they can evolve their media management processes, which deliver better value for their media investments. Next, we report on some highly-charged accusations by Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of agency group WPP. His target today is ‘media auditor’ Ebiquity and their contract compliance division called Firm Decisions. Sir Martin’s accusation is that there is a conflict of interests for the same company (Firm Decisions) performing forensic financial audits of agency book and then reporting back to clients who could (in theory) instruct Ebiquity to pitch that agency. It is a logical conflict of interest potentially but in practice it is probably low risk. SMS taking time out to raise this is probably another indicator of the tense relationship between agency and auditor; the two companies were featured on last week’s Episode because they’re currently battling in the High Court in London. As a client of WPP, Ebiquity or Firm Decisions you’d be right to be growing a little impatient with the pettiness of these fights and wondering why these smart companies can’t collaborate their resources to tackle marketers’ many challenges and stop briefing against one another. Whilst Sorrell's conflict of interest accusation may be overblow, we do think that a potential conflict of interest lurks within the ‘auditor and advisor’ industry though, which Sorrell doesn’t highlight, and that is where auditors are receiving income from agencies and vendors. We think it is critical for marketers to be assured that they know exactly where their auditor, consultant or advisor has ANY commercial relationship with media agencies or media vendors because any preference this creates could affect their objectivity and advice, especially with regard to guiding complex, high-profile media agency reviews. As you know, at ID Comms we are very proud of our 100% neutrality and objectivity - we have zero commercial relationships with agencies or vendors anywhere in the world. This keeps us 100% focused on what’s right for our clients' businesses, not ours. Can you say that about your current auditor or advisor? Finally, we report on the launch of "Digital/McKinsey" - the management consultant has packaged up its digital assets under a new (cleverly titled) brand. Another step into the agency domain, surely now any remaining aspiration that the agency groups may have had as being the go-to for digital transformation is stunted by the total dominance of the consulting groups to own deep digital scope for the world’s leading CEO's?

Sir Martin Sorrell has spent the last three decades transforming a maker of wire shopping baskets into the world's largest advertising firm. The self-proclaimed workaholic bought a stake in Wire and Plastic Products plc in 1985 and has since taken the advertising world by storm with a string of major acquisitions. His meteoric rise is not without controversy. He is known for his relentless work ethic, punishing schedule, and ruthless approach to business. He has engaged in bitterly hostile takeovers, falling out with his competitors along the way. The business has made Sorrell a wealthy man. This year his salary is expected to hit £70m, a sum which he has no qualms defending. Sir Martin believes he is "worth every penny". Mark Coles speaks to Sir Martin Sorrell's childhood friend Simon Schama, his wife Cristiana Falcone and his colleagues and competitors, to reveal how he became the world's most powerful ad man. Presenter: Mark Coles Producer: Ben Crighton.

Sir Martin is CEO of the largest marketing and public relations company in the world, and employs 190,000 people in 112 countries. In this exclusive interview, he describes how he grew WPP into world's biggest advertising business by risking his own money, explains why he's worth every penny of his £60m pay packet, and reveals his view that a President Donald Trump might not be the economic disaster some people are expecting.

Sir Martin Sorrell is the most influential man in advertising. As the CEO of WPP, the world's largest advertising group, he is one of the world's most connected executives. After 30 years, WPP now embraces some of the best known names in advertising and PR - including Ogilvy and Mather, J Walter Thompson and Burson-Marstellar. Steve Hewlett talks to Sir Martin about the balance of power between traditional and digital media; how information about us online is informing creativity in advertising, and as he turns 70, what's next for him, and the advertising empire he has created.The High Court has awarded damages totalling nearly £1.2m to eight people whose phones were hacked by some journalists Trinity Mirror newspaper group. Eight claimants -- including the actors Shane Ritchie and Shobna Gulati - were paid, 'very substantial' damages in the civil case against thr group. The largest amount was awarded to Sadie Frost who received damages of £260,250. Steve Hewlett talks to Hugh Tomlinson QC, lead counsel to victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, and Bob Satchwell, Executive Director of the Society of Editors, about the scale of damages and how this case might damage celebrity journalism.On the day Lyse Doucet is presented with the Sanford St. Martin Award for her reporting of religious affairs, Steve meets the BBC's Chief International Correspondent. The Canadian born journalist began her career in West Africa in 1983 and has reported on conflicts in Iraq, Syria and across the Middle East on the Arab Spring. This award acknowledges her work in 'raising the profile of religion in the media.' What are the added challenges that reporting faith-based conflict brings to her role?Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Part 2 of Track Record With Sue Dougan @suedougan, talking to Sir Martin Jacomb about his #career and #musical #influences. #shareradiouk #trackrecord

Part 1 of Track Record With Sue Dougan @suedougan, talking to Sir Martin Jacomb about his #Career and #musical #influences. #shareradiouk #trackrecord

Having been involved in the management and the leadership firstly of the British university system, Martin Harris talks among other topics related to education, on the changing nature of the student body and how this has been financed, including attitudes to Fair Access, and on the funding of the system more generally. 

Sue Lawley's castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. As well as choosing his eight records, book and luxury, Sir Martin will be discussing his work in cosmic evolution, or, to put it more simply, how the Earth and Solar System were formed. He tells of his belief that it is more difficult to understand a frog than the cosmos.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré Book: Collective Cartoons by Gary Larson Luxury: A Jefferson reclining chair

Sue Lawley's castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. As well as choosing his eight records, book and luxury, Sir Martin will be discussing his work in cosmic evolution, or, to put it more simply, how the Earth and Solar System were formed. He tells of his belief that it is more difficult to understand a frog than the cosmos. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré Book: Collective Cartoons by Gary Larson Luxury: A Jefferson reclining chair