Meet
Mark Penn
Chairman & CEO, Stagwell
– Digital Marketing Expert
– Former Microsoft Chief Strategist
– Presidential Pollster & Strategist
– NYTimes Best-Selling Author

Leadership
Highlights
- FROM $0 to $2.5B Launched Stagwell in 2015 and grew it to $2.5B in under seven years. Took Stagwell public in 2021, achieving faster growth than legacy holdcos.
- LEADING TECH EXEC Asked by Steve Ballmer to join Microsoft and revitalize Bing in 2012; rose to EVP & Chief Strategy Officer running Microsoft’s $2 billion advertising budget and taking the company to the Super Bowl
- C-SUITE INNOVATOR advising key corporate clients including AT&T, Microsoft, Ford, Merck, etc.
- GLOBAL PR STRATEGIST Served as CEO of Burson-Marsteller from 2006 – 2012, running a global PR and public affairs firm with an 80+ market footprint and tripling profits
- MAKER OF WORLD LEADERS Served as strategist and presidential pollster for President Clinton for six years, advisor to Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair and leaders in 30 countries
- FATHER OF MODERN POLLING Founded Penn and Schoen in 1975 with his Harvard roommate and devised key overnight polling methods. Brains behind “soccer moms.”
- AUTHOR & TREND SPOTTER Wrote NYT Bestselling “Microtrends” and “Microtrends Squared” identifying trends shaping business, politics and culture
The Latest from Mark:
In the news, on stage, and in print
Thought Leadership
Mar 17, 2023
SXSW 2023 Recap: Fandom is Driving the Transformation of Marketing
Here are our top three learnings from the fandom conversation…
Investments & Financials, Press Releases
Mar 02, 2023
STAGWELL INC. (NASDAQ: STGW) REPORTS RESULTS FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022
FY22 Revenue rises to record $2.7B following sixth-consecutive quarter of…
Press Releases, SXSW
Feb 22, 2023
Stagwell’s (STGW) PRophet Sponsors an Axios Event about the Future of AI and Communications at SXSW 2023
The private event will feature discussions with prominent business leaders…
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