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Goldman Sachs Group
Unrest at Goldman challenges Solomon’s fragile peace
...Sorrell, Garcia and Anthony Gutman — the other co-head of European investment banking — all ranked below Esposito....
February 23, 2024
The Big Read
How AI is transforming the business of advertising
...“What used to take us three weeks can take us three hours and clients currently pay on the time taken, not the output,” says S4’s Sorrell....
February 11, 2024
FT Live
Due Diligence Live
Where leaders in investment and finance meet
Tuesday, 8 OctoberLondon, UK
UK economy
UK business leaders more optimistic despite Brexit concerns
..., James Dyson and Richard Branson....
November 15, 2021
The Big Read
The fall of Vice: private equity’s ill-fated bet on media’s future
...Losers of the Vice bankruptcy include titans of media and finance — the Murdochs, Bob Iger of Disney, Sir Martin Sorrell, and others — whose companies or former companies combined poured about $1.5bn into...
May 25, 2023
Skin in the GameStuart Kirk
Corporate tax should be zero but investors needn’t worry about it
...Advertising supremo Sir Martin Sorrell said the next day that cuts were needed. Most company bosses tend to be more terrestrial on the matter, though....
January 26, 2023
Lunch with the FTLunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020
Sir Martin Sorrell: ‘What temper? I’m a cuddly teddy bear’
...Sorrell had spent time working with entrepreneur James Gulliver, sports marketing pioneer Mark McCormack and, most importantly, as financial director for the acquisition-hungry Saatchi & Saatchi group....
December 18, 2020
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
News in-depthUK companies
‘Why have we not grown any giant companies?’ The UK’s attempt to take on Silicon Valley
...“UK culture doesn’t celebrate the entrepreneur,” says James Dyson, the inventor behind the eponymous appliance and technology business....
September 10, 2021
Due Diligence
Private equity, the Daily Mail and the acquisition of corporate Britain Premium content
...“They are the dominant force now,” said Martin Sorrell, chair of the listed advertising group S4 Capital....
July 13, 2021
The Big Read
Private equity and the raid on corporate Britain
...“Private equity is rampant . . . they are the dominant force now,” says Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and chair of the listed advertising group S4 Capital....
July 12, 2021
Due Diligence
Carried interest: a private equity tax break under threat Premium content
...Founder James Jebbia sold a 50 per cent stake to the private equity group in 2017 for $500m, effectively valuing the brand at $1bn....
November 10, 2020
Due Diligence
Nikola/Tesla: voltage variance Premium content
...For more detail on TikTok, DD’s Miles Kruppa and James Fontanella-Khan and the FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo pulled together a weekend Big Read on the long arc of negotiations....
September 22, 2020
FT SeriesThe return to the office
The end of the office? Outbreak may change work forever
...Additional reporting by Joshua Chaffin, James Fontanella-Khan, Laura Noonan and Billy Nauman in New York and George Hammond and Joe Rennison in London...
May 1, 2020
Due Diligence
The hedge fund that harpooned the ‘London Whale’ has struggled to keep its head above water Premium content
...Jonathan Sorrell, who was president of Man Group, will join Capstone as its next president to lead strategy for the global hedge fund....
November 13, 2019
Due Diligence
Hedge fund tycoon Steve Cohen looks to secure elusive sports deal Premium content
...The two ad empires were constructed through relentless dealmaking by their once all-powerful predecessors, Sir Martin Sorrell at WPP and Maurice Lévy at Publicis....
December 5, 2019
ObituaryLord Bell
Tim Bell, PR and advertising executive, 1941-2019
...Bell helped to buy out Bell Pottinger from Chime for £20m in 2012, but there was immediate tension with his partner James Henderson....
August 27, 2019
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Due Diligence
Will Hong Kong stock exchange’s bid for its London rival end in tragedy? Premium content
...Jonathan Sorrell, president and an executive director at Man Group, has stepped down from the board, ahead of moving to a new employer....
September 12, 2019
Financial Times
Best of the FT 2018: the top 10 most-read stories
...Martin Sorrell’s downfall: why the ad king left WPP — Madison Marriage and Matthew Garrahan When Sir Martin Sorrell stepped down as chief executive of WPP, the global media group refused to comment on...
December 19, 2018
Due Diligence
Meet the Italian dealmaker taking on Mike Bloomberg’s empire Premium content
...aims to strike British Steel deal within days (FT) Inmarsat rejects activist effort to thwart $6bn takeover (FT) Wirecard buys Chinese payments group for up to €109m (FT) French group builds rival to Sorrell...
November 6, 2019
Due Diligence
The inside story of how Saudi Aramco’s IPO went off course Premium content
...hurdle removed (FT) India’s Supreme Court finds Singh brothers guilty of contempt (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier Espinoza in Brussels, James...
November 19, 2019
Due Diligence
Can the world’s most controversial property company live up to the hype? Premium content
...(Wall Street Journal) Sorrell stirs the pot Martin Sorrell built the massive advertising conglomerate WPP over decades but abruptly left in 2018 in a dramatic downfall for the “Davos man”....
July 2, 2019
City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
Downhill slope for Davos’ (mostly) men
...City bigwigs included StanChart’s Bill Winters, adman Martin Sorrell and ex-UBS banker turned Number 10 business envoy William Vereker....
January 25, 2019
Publicis Groupe SA
‘Math men’ not mad men rule advertising’s data age, says Lévy
...We spent more than Steven Spielberg or James Cameron per second . . . the costs of a commercial were enormous,” he said. “All that is now part of the past.”...
May 5, 2019
Due Diligence
Martin Sorrell aims for a comeback Premium content
...James Simons of Renaissance Technologies topped the pay list for the third straight year, earning $1.7bn, up from $1.6bn the previous year....
May 31, 2018
Due Diligence
A Sorrell-less WPP Premium content
...Will it thrive without Sorrell or will it be broken up? The FT revealed on Monday that Sorrell did not have a non-compete agreement with WPP and is free to start a new venture....
April 17, 2018
Due Diligence
Can Buffett rediscover his mojo and outperform the S&P 500? Premium content
...Now we bring you the specialists involved in the $55bn acquisition battle courtesy of DD’s Eric Platt and James Fontanella-Khan....
April 26, 2019

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