2. NAMEDAFTER - Batten, Barton, Durstine &
Osborn
SUBSIDIARY OF OMNICOM GROUP
FOUNDED IN 1891
HEADQUARTERS-NEWYORK CITY, USA
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS-289OFFICES IN
80 COUNTRIES
AREA SERVED-WORLDWIDE
PERSONNEL HEAD COUNT:16,000+
WEBSITE: www.bbdo.com
3. Mission is to create and deliver the world’s
most compelling commercial content across
all mediums and screens.
4. Founders:
William H. Johns
Bruce Fairchild Barton
Roy Sarles Durstine
Alex FaickneyOsborn
5. Andrew Robertson, President and CEO,
BBDOWorldwide
David Lubars, Chairman and Chief Creative
Officer, BBDO N. America
Troy Ruhanen, Chairman and CEO,The Americas
John Osborn, President and CEO, BBDO New
York
Simon Bond, Chief Marketing Officer, BBDO
Worldwide
6. 1891George Batten (1854–1918), 37, opens his
one-room advertising agency, the Batten Co., at
38 Park Row, NewYork, with no clients and one
employee.
1894 Batten's is the first agency to install in-
house printing
1906The agency, now with 50 employees,
moves to the Metropolitan Annex building on
East 24th Street, occupying the entire 11th floor
– 5,000 square feet (460 m2).
7. 1918 George Batten dies at 64, and William H.
Johns becomes president of the Batten Co.
1919 The Barton & Durstine Co. agency
opens January 1 at 25 W 45th St., with Bruce
Barton as president and Roy Durstine as
secretary- treasurer. In August, Alex Osborn
joins the agency, renamed Barton, Durstine &
Osborn.
1920 General Electric becomes BDO client.
8. 1923 BDO leases an entire floor,
while the Batten Co., with 246
employees, takes a floor and a half.
9. 1928 On September 21, the Batten Co. and BDO
announce a merger to form Batten, Barton,
Durstine & Osborn.
Bruce Barton is made chairman of the board,
while William H. Johns, president of the Batten
Co., becomes president of the new agency.
Durstine is made vice president and general
manager. The new agency, with branch offices
Chicago, Boston, and Buffalo, has over 600
employees.
10. 1983Tom Kiely is named president
of a new BBDO division called the
"BBDO Business-to-Business Group"
to service the broad range of
communications needs required by
its BtoB-oriented clients.
11. MARS
BLACKBERRY (RIM)
MERCEDES-BENZ
DIAGEO
PROCTER & GAMBLE
EMIRATESAIRLINES
FONTERRAGE
GSK HP
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
12. The Economist
PepsiCo
Visa Inc.
Skanska
FedEx
General Electric
Campbell's, Arby's
14. ADVERTISING
BRANDING
EMAIL MARKETING & ECRM
MOBILE & SOCIAL MEDIA
STRATEGY & PLANNING
INTERACTIVE MARKETING
DIRECT MARKETING
DESIGN
15. BBDO is driven by their obsessive focus on
The Work, The work, The Work.
The Work is what we they every day to
reinforce or change behaviour – and lead to
financial reward for their clients.
The only work that matters to them is work
that changes behaviour.
16. Cannes Lion 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 — Network of
the Year.
Effie Effectiveness Index 2011 — Most Effective Agency
Network
The Clios 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 — Network of the Year.
Caples & Echos Most Awarded Network 2011, 2010, 2009,
2008 — Direct/CRM Marketing
The Big Won Most Awarded Network 2011, 2010, 2009,
2008 — All Disciplines
The Gunn Report Most Awarded Network2011, 2010,
2009, 2008 — Advertising BBDO