JWT

JWT is one of the largest advertising agencies in the United States and the fourth-largest in the world. It is one of the key companies of Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP Group (NASDAQ:WPPGY) and is headquartered in New York. The global agency is led by Worldwide Chairman and Global CEO Bob Jeffrey who took over the role in 1998. JWT was named Adweek magazine's 2009 "Global Agency of the Year." The company that was to become JWT was founded by William James Carlton in 1864. Carlton's company was renamed by James Walter Thompson in 1877 to The James Walter Thompson Company, by Thompson's purchase of the company from Carleton, which eventually became J. Walter Thompson. It was acquired by WPP Group in 1987. In 2005, the agency was "relaunched"...