Grey Global Group

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Grey Group

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Advertising, marketing
Founded	1917; 107 years ago (1917) (as Grey Studios)
Founders	Lawrence Valenstein Arthur C. Fatt
Headquarters	200 Fifth Avenue New York City, New York , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James R. Heekin III (Executive Chairman)
Services	Brand management, marketing strategy, creative development, direct marketing, public relations, public affairs, digital marketing, production
Revenue	1.307 billion USD (2003)
Number of employees	2,400
Parent	WPP plc
Subsidiaries	Grey G2 GHG GCI Group MediaCom Worldwide Alliance G WHIZ WING Grey EMEA ArcTouch
Website	www.grey.com

Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City,^[1] and 432 offices in 96 countries, operating in 154 cities.^[2] It is organized into four geographical units: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.^[3]

As a unit of communications conglomerate WPP Group, Grey Global Group operates branded independent business units in many communications disciplines, including advertising, direct marketing, public relations, public affairs, brand development, customer relationship management, sales promotion, and interactive marketing, through its subsidiaries: Grey, G2, GHG, GCI Group, MediaCom Worldwide, Alliance, G WHIZ, and WING.

Grey Group's international clients include Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Nokia, British American Tobacco, Diageo, Volkswagen, Novartis, Wyeth, Canon, DirecTV, and 3M.^[4]

The company has won 10 Cannes Lions, an Addy, a Clio and an Emmy Award.^[4] Grey Group's European network, Grey EMEA, won 26 Euro Effie awards, and is the five-time Euro Effie Agency Network of the Year, in the four consecutive years of 2005–2008^[5] and again in 2012.^[6]