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FleishmanHillard

Company type	Private
Industry	Public relations
Founded	1946; 79 years ago (1946)
Founder	Alfred Fleishman Robert E. Hillard
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Saunders (President and CEO)
Parent	Omnicom Group
Website	fleishmanhillard.com

FleishmanHillard Inc. (formerly, Fleishman–Hillard) is a public relations and marketing agency founded and based in St. Louis, Missouri. It was acquired by Omnicom Group in 1997, becoming part of the Diversified Agency Services (DAS) division. The company was founded in 1946 by Alfred Fleishman and Robert E. Hillard.

In 1994, the company expanded its operations to the Asia Pacific region with an office in Beijing. In May 2013, the company rebranded its name to FleishmanHillard Inc. and launched the slogan "the Power of True". As of April 2021, the company had 78 offices in 30 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Leadership

In January 2024, Hugh Taggart was announced as CEO of Fleishmanhillard in the United Kingdom. In February of the same year, Shin Tanaka, the president of FleishmanHillard in Japan, stepped down after 27 years and was replaced by Ryo Kanayama.

In August 2024, the company announced that CEO John Saunders would be stepping down in October 2024, and would be replaced by JJ Carter.

References

1. Leadership, FleishmanHillard.com
2. Omnicom to Acquire Fleishman-Hillard, The New York Times, Glenn Collins, 10 April 1997.
3. Devlin, Edward S. (2006). Crisis Management Planning and Execution. Taylor & Francis. p. 372. ISBN 9780203485897.
4. Elliott, Stuart. (18 June 2012). "An Agency Division Chronicles Its Own I.T. Overhaul". The New York Times.
5. "FleishmanHillard Milestones". FleishmanHillard. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
6. "Agency Report: Fleishman-Hillard". The Holmes Report. 2010-03-29. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
7. Elliott, Stuart (April 29, 2013). "The New Look of Public Relations". The New York Times.
8. "Agency Business Report 2021: FleishmanHillard". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
9. Harrington, John (10 January 2024). "FleishmanHillard hires ex-Edelman UK co-CEO Hugh Taggart to lead UK". prweek.com. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
10. "FleishmanHillard Names New President In Japan". PRovoke Media. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
11. Bradley, Diana (20 August 2024). "JJ Carter to succeed John Saunders as FleishmanHillard CEO". prweek.com. Retrieved 2024-09-24.

External links

• FleishmanHillard website

• Public relations companies of the United States
• Marketing companies established in 1946
• Companies based in St. Louis
• 1946 establishments in Missouri