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Publicis Groupe boss Maurice Levy "the Freddy Kruger of advertising" states Sir Martin Sorrell on rival's potential retirement

on Oct 15, 2014 | 0 comments

By Stephen Lepitak

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has responded to Maurice Levy’s statement that he wouldn’t miss his rival when he retired by describing the Publicis Groupe boss as the “Freddy Kruger of advertising” and claiming that Levy would never retire.

Interviewed by the Guardian’s Mark Sweny for nearly an hour-and-a-half during a fund raising event held for advertising charity, NABS, Sorrell gave his own view in return to Levy’s comments made during Advertising Week New York, where Levy claimed to tell the story of his first meeting with his longtime rival while in London.

However Sorrell refuted to The Read full story ›

Source: The Drum