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| John Wren |
Omnicom CEO John Wren, who hasn’t had a salary hike in 19 years, earned $20M in 2021 total compensation, which was up 79.3 percent from the year-earlier period.
Along with other top executives, Wren did not take a salary from April 1 through September 2020 as part of the response to the COVID-19 crisis.
The 69-year-old chief collected $1M in salary, $8.1M in stock awards and a $10.6M cash award as part of the firm’s bonus scheme during the past year.
Wren’s employment agreement runs through 2024 and “is subject to annual automatic renew for successive one-year terms unless either party provides timely written notice of an intent not to renew,” according to the company’s proxy for the May 3 annual meeting in Charlotte.
If Wren steps down as CEO, he will continue as executive chairman, while he serves on the board of directors.
Phillip Angelastro, executive VP/CFO, finished second in the compensation race. His total comp jumped 139 percent to $9.8M.
Daryl Simm, the former media group chief who stepped into the newly created president and COO post on Nov. 1, debuted on the list of OMC’s top five highest-paid executives.
He earned a salary of $975K and total comp of $8.8M.
WPP CEO Cindy Rose unveiled “Elevate 28,” a strategic plan to simplify the troubled company, which reported a 5.4 percent drop in 2025 revenues to $13.6B.
Omnicom CEO John Wren reported a Q4 $977.2M operating loss, largely due to the $1.1B in severance and repositioning expenses connected to the $13B Interpublic takeover that closed on Nov. 26.
Publicis Groupe reports an 8.8 percent rise in 2025 net revenues to $16.4B with
Public Policy Holding Company today priced its initial public offering at $12.25 per share. The sale of 4,150,000 shares raised $50.8M in gross proceeds.
Public Policy Holding Company reports that 4Q '25 revenues surged 27.8 percent to $49.9M. Organic growth rose 5.4 percent.
