Beau Jackson
May 08, 2025

History of GroupM 2003-2025: The world's largest media investment arm

Campaign charts the WPP media arm's history amid ongoing change under global chief executive Brian Lesser.

GroupM was founded in 2003 as a merger between Mediaedge:CIA and MindShare Worldwide.

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