Mark Penn Overview
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- Stagwell
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Founder, Chief...
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B2B
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3
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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
Address
- 1808 Eye Street NorthWest
- Washington, DC 20006
- United States
Mark Penn Positions (1)
Firm name | Firm type | Title | Location | Industry | Since |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Mark Penn Affiliated Funds (1)
Fund | Investor | Fund Type | Status | Vintage | Size | Dry Powder | IRR | IRR Quartile |
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Stagwell Media Fund | Stagwell | Buyout | Closed | 2015 |
Mark Penn FAQs
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Who is Mark Penn?
Mr. Mark Penn is the Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Stagwell.
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How much does Mark Penn typically invest?
Mark Penn's median deal size is
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What is Mark Penn’s main position?
Mark Penn’s primary position is Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman.
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What are the contact details for Mark Penn?
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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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