Mark Penn Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Founder, Chief...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2B

  • Active Board Seats
  • 3

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Mark Penn General Information

Biography

Mr. Mark Penn is the Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Stagwell. Mr. Penn serves as Chairman at The Harris Poll. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at MDC Partners. Previously, he served as Managing Partner and President at Stagwell. He also serves as Chairman at HarrisX. He served as a Board Member of Finn Partners. He has been in research, advertising, public relations, polling and consulting for nearly 40 years. Before founding The Stagwell Group, he served in senior executive positions at Microsoft where as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for working on core strategic issues across Microsoft's products, value propositions and investments and leading the company's competitive research and analysis. His experience in growing, building and managing agencies is well-documented. As the co-founder and CEO of Penn Schoen Berland, a global market research firm that he built and sold to WPP, he demonstrated value creation in a crowded industry serving clients with innovative techniques from being first with overnight polling to pioneering unique and testing methods used by Presidents and Fortune 100 corporations. At WPP, he also became CEO of Burson-Marsteller and managed the two companies to record profit growth during that period. He is also known as the strategist for and creator of well-known campaigns and ads, helping re-elect President Bill Clinton and his move to the political center, devising then-Senator Hillary Clinton's successful "Upstate strategy," creating Tony Blair's "Forward not Back" campaign in 2005 and the "3AM" ad in the 2008 Presidential primaries, and led the team on Microsoft's hugely successful 2014 Super Bowl ad when he headed advertising there. He has been a senior adviser to global corporate and political leaders including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Bill Ford, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bill Clinton. He is also a globally recognized thought leader. He authored the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling book "Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes" and was a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Time.com, POLITICO and The Huffington Post. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and attended Columbia Law School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Holocaust Museum's Committee on Conscience and serves on the board of Meridian International Center. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard College and a Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Stagwell
Education
Harvard University, BA (Bachelor of Arts) Honors
Columbia Law School, Degree
Gender
Male
Email
ma
Phone
+1 (917)
Address
  • 1808 Eye Street NorthWest
  • Washington, DC 20006
  • United States
+1 (917)

Mark Penn Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Stagwell Investor Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman New York, NY PE/Buyout

Mark Penn Board Seats (4)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
CardioVIP Clinics/Outpatient Services Out of Business Formerly VC-backed Sugar Land, TX
HarrisX Media and Information Services (B2B) Privately Held (backing) Private Equity-Backed Washington, DC
Stagwell Media and Information Services (B2B) Publicly Held Corporation New York, NY
The Harris Poll Media and Information Services (B2B) Privately Held (backing) Private Equity-Backed Arlington, VA

Mark Penn Lead Partner on Deals (64)

Mark Penn has been the lead partner on 64 deals. Their latest deal was with Create. Group, a media and information services (b2b) company. The deal was made on 30-Dec-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Create. Group 30-Dec-2024 Buyout/LBO Announced/In Progress Media and Information Services (B2B) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Unicepta 18-Dec-2024 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Cologne, Germany
Consulum 01-Oct-2024 Completed Government London, United Kingdom
Leaders 24-Jul-2024 Completed Business/Productivity Software Tel Aviv, Israel
BERA Brand Management 12-Jul-2024 Completed Business/Productivity Software New York, NY
Business Traveller 09-Jul-2024 Completed Publishing London, United Kingdom
LuxineVeritas 02-May-2024 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Laval, Canada
PROS (Brazil) 15-Apr-2024 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sidekick (Media and Information Services) 22-Feb-2024 Buyout/LBO Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) London, United Kingdom
Left Field Labs 12-Oct-2023 Buyout/LBO Completed IT Consulting and Outsourcing Culver City, CA

Mark Penn Network (444)

Board Members (30)

Name Company Representing Location From
Stephen Harlan The Harris Poll Self Arlington, VA
Ray Day Stagwell Targeted Victory New York, NY
MDC Partners Self New York, NY
Stagwell Self New York, NY
CardioVIP CardioVIP Sugar Land, TX

Portfolio Executives (412)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Matthew Richardson Create. Group Partner and Chief Commercial Officer 30-Dec-2024 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tom Otton Create. Group Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director 30-Dec-2024 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Create. Group Chief Creative Officer and Managing Partner 30-Dec-2024 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Unicepta Co-Chief Executive Officer 18-Dec-2024 Cologne, Germany
Unicepta Managing Partner 18-Dec-2024 Cologne, Germany

Fund Team Members (2)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Stagwell New York, NY
Stagwell New York, NY

Mark Penn Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Stagwell Media Fund Stagwell Buyout Closed 2015

Mark Penn FAQs

  • Who is Mark Penn?

    Mr. Mark Penn is the Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Stagwell.

  • How much does Mark Penn typically invest?

    Mark Penn's median deal size is .

  • What is Mark Penn’s main position?

    Mark Penn’s primary position is Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman.

  • What are the contact details for Mark Penn?

    Mark Penn’s email address is ma and his phone number is +1 (917) .

  • How many active board seats does Mark Penn hold?

    Mark Penn holds 4 board seats including CardioVIP, HarrisX, Stagwell, and The Harris Poll.

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