15-499: Sadoun is the name of: Surname [ edit ] Arthur Sadoun (born 1971), French businessman, chairman and CEO of Publicis Medi Sadoun (born 1973), French actor Given name [ edit ] Sadoun al-Zubaydi , English literature professor Sadoun Salman (born 1977), Kuwaiti footballer Sadoun Hammadi (1930–2007), briefly Prime Minister of Iraq [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
30-524: Is a French businessman . He is the chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe , the world's third largest advertising and PR group. Sadoun was born in Dourdan , France in 1971 to a well-off family of industrialists. He received his secondary education from the École alsacienne , a private school in Paris and graduated from European Business School Paris in 1992. He later obtained an MBA from INSEAD in 1997. He
45-473: Is of Jewish descent. In 1992, after graduating in France, Sadoun went to Chile where he founded his own advertising agency Z Group , which he sold to BBDO in 1997. Soon after returning to France in 1997 he joined TBWA in 1999 as Head of International Strategic Planning and Head of Development before he became managing director in 2000 and CEO in 2003. In December 2006, Sadoun became CEO of Publicis Conseil,
60-446: The age of 12 to help out in the family furniture business. He founded Publicis in 1926 in a small apartment above a butcher's shop. In 1935, he purchased Radio LL from the radio manufacturer Lucien Lévy . He renamed it Radio Cité, and introduced France's first news broadcasts as well as its first radio jingles. Radio Cité also helped launch singer Édith Piaf . In 1939, Marcel Bleustein married Sophie Vaillant, an English teacher who
75-454: The flagship agency of Publicis Groupe founded by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet and previously led by Maurice Lévy . His initial focus was on development, leading to the acquisition of key clients for the agency. In January 2009, Maurice Lévy appointed Arthur Sadoun as CEO of Publicis Worldwide France, a network of 21 agencies including Publicis Conseil, Publicis Dialog, Marcel as well as a regional network across France. In April 2011, Sadoun
90-522: The founder of Publicis Groupe . He is also credited with inventing radio advertising in France, helped create the first French opinion polls, introduced Édith Piaf to the French public, and fought with the Free French forces during World War II. Born the youngest of nine, he was the son of Abraham Bleustein, a poor Russian-Jewish used furniture salesman in northern Paris, Marcel Bleustein left school at
105-476: The ground level of Publicis' headquarters, 133 avenue des Champs Elysées, former location of the Astoria hotel. The "Drugstore" was a huge success and immediately became the rendez vous point of the cool parisian youth. During the 1970s, under the leadership of Bleustein-Blanchet and his successor, Maurice Lévy , Publicis became an international communications group and is now the third largest communications group in
120-513: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sadoun&oldid=927493950 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Arthur Sadoun Arthur Sadoun (born 23 May 1971)
135-417: The then-American fields of consumer research and brand analysis. He retained his Resistance name of Blanchet, adding it legally to his original name. After the war, Bleustein-Blanchet reopened Publicis and, calling them on the phone himself, rapidly regained old and new clients, notably Shell , Colgate-Palmolive , L'Oreal , Renault , Dim and many others. In 1957 he opened the first "Publicis Drugstore" on
150-528: The workplace. Sadoun was made Chevalier of the French National Order of Merit in 2014. In 2016, Sadoun was named "Agency Executive of the Year" by AdAge , and as "Personality of Year" during the 37th French Grand Prix des Agences de l'Année . Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet (21 August 1906 – 11 April 1996) was a French entrepreneur and advertising magnate best known as
165-773: The world. In 2008, twelve years after his death, the American Advertising Federation announced that Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet would become the first non-American to be named to the Advertising Hall of Fame . The Bleustein-Blanchets had three daughters. Marie-Francoise (born in 1940) died in a car accident in 1968, and Elisabeth (born in 1944) became the heir apparent to the Publicis fortune in 1996 and one of modern France's greatest intellectuals. The family practiced Judaism and Catholicism simultaneously. Marie-Francoise's untimely death in 1968 put an immense strain on
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#1733086226204180-551: Was announced in January 2017. Sadoun officially took on this role on 1 June 2017, making him the 3rd leader of Publicis Groupe in its 91 years of existence after the founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet and Maurice Lévy . Sadoun is married to the French journalist and television presenter Anne-Sophie Lapix . Sadoun was diagnosed with Cancer in 2022 and successfully treated. Since returning he has led initiatives to build support for people working with cancer and eliminate cancer stigma in
195-508: Was appointed managing director of Publicis Worldwide, the global network of the Publicis creative agencies, before becoming its CEO in October 2013. In December 2015, Sadoun was named CEO of Publicis Communications, Publicis Groupe's creative hub composed of Leo Burnett , Saatchi & Saatchi , Publicis Worldwide , BBH , MSLGROUP and Prodigious networks, totalling nearly 30,000 employees. His appointment as Chairman & CEO of Publicis Groupe
210-664: Was imprisoned by the fascist government of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco but was later released thanks to British intervention. He joined the Resistance , took the code-name "Blanchet", and was detached to serve as a co-pilot for the US Eighth Air Force , flying bombing missions over France and the Netherlands. When the war ended, he rebuilt Publicis from scratch, introducing the first opinion polls in France and developing
225-538: Was the granddaughter of Édouard Vaillant , a well-known 19th century Socialist politician. They had three daughters, including Élisabeth Badinter , a prominent feminist writer and philosopher who chairs the supervisory board of Publicis Groupe. When the Second World War broke out, Marcel Bleustein's companies were confiscated by the German occupation forces as "Jewish properties". From July to October of 1943, Bleustein
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