Omnicom
NYSE-listed marketing and sales company that completed its acquisition of The Interpublic Group in November 2025 and reported 2025 revenue of USD 17.3 billion.
Industry: Marketing and corporate communications | Location: New York, United States | Founded: 1986
About Omnicom
Omnicom is a marketing and sales company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol OMC. It describes its capabilities as advertising, branding, commerce, consulting, experiential, health, media, precision marketing, production and public relations. Its press releases are datelined New York, and Wikipedia gives New York City as its headquarters.
Omnicom was formed in 1986 through the merger of BBDO Worldwide, Doyle Dane Bernbach and Needham Harper Worldwide, according to Wikipedia, which names Allen Rosenshine, Keith Reinhard and John Bernbach as the founders. John Wren is chairman and chief executive. Phil Angelastro is executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Philippe Krakowsky and Daryl Simm are co-presidents and chief operating officers.
The company's intelligence platform is called Omni, and it says the platform is anchored by Acxiom RealID, which it describes as unifying more than 2.6 billion verified identifiers. Its consulting arm, Credera, announced a five-year strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services on 20 October 2026.
On 26 November 2025 Omnicom completed its acquisition of The Interpublic Group. Interpublic shareholders received 0.344 Omnicom shares for each share they held, leaving legacy Omnicom shareholders with about 60.6 percent of the combined company. Omnicom said pro forma combined revenue exceeded 25 billion US dollars. Krakowsky, Patrick Moore and E. Lee Wyatt Jr. joined the board.
For 2025, Omnicom reported revenue of 17.3 billion US dollars and a GAAP net loss of 54.5 million dollars, according to its February 2026 earnings release. The release raised the targeted cost savings from the combination to 1.5 billion dollars, including 900 million dollars in 2026, and announced a 5 billion dollar share repurchase authorisation that included a 2.5 billion dollar accelerated repurchase.
On 22 October 2026 the company reported third-quarter revenue of 6.4 billion dollars, with core revenue of 6.0 billion dollars and organic growth of 7.2 percent. Wren said integration was nearly complete and that the company was on track for the 900 million dollars of cost savings in 2026.
Leadership
- John D. Wren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Philip Angelastro, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Philippe Krakowsky, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer
- Daryl Simm, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer