{{Short description|American businessperson (born 1957)}} {{Unreliable sources|date=October 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = Jon Bond.jpg | name = Jon Bond | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957}} | alma_mater = Washington University in St. Louis | occupation = Advertising executive; author; entrepreneur | spouse = Separated from Rebecca Bond }}
'''Jon Bond''' (born 1957) is an advertising executive, author and entrepreneur in New York City.
==Career== In 1987 Jon Bond co-founded Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, a New York City advertising agency<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/agency-news/jon-bond-building-a-marketing-services-cooperative/144355/|title = Jon Bond is Building a Marketing-Services 'Cooperative'|date = June 9, 2010}}</ref> that used guerilla marketing techniques including sidewalk advertising and popup stores. The firm became the largest independently held agency in the United States, with clients including BMW, Target, Citi, Capital One, Tommy Hilfiger,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nab.org/documents/newsroom/pressRelease.asp?id=2368|title = Newsroom}}</ref> Victoria's Secret, Verizon, AT&T, Snapple, and Delta Air Lines. At the time of its sale to MDC Partners in 2009, the firm had billings of $1BB. New York Magazine profiled Kirshenbaum + Bond in 1987, two months after its creation,<ref>{{cite news|last=Kanner|first=Bernice|title=Hot Copy – K&B's Brave New Words|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeMCAAAAMBAJ&q=new+york+magazine+hot+copy&pg=PA19|access-date=June 26, 2013|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=October 12, 1987|page=19}}</ref> the firm was featured in a 2005 episode of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's ''The Simple Life'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parishiltonandnickyhilton.com/television/simplelife3-02.html |title=Paris Hilton-The Simple Life Season 3 Episode 2 |access-date=2013-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927211635/http://www.parishiltonandnickyhilton.com/television/simplelife3-02.html |archive-date=September 27, 2010 }}</ref> and it was referenced in the 2007 film ''Perfect Stranger''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.subzin.com/s/We+have+a+leak+to+Kirschenbaum+and+Bond | title=We have a leak to Kirschenbaum and Bond quotes | access-date=June 26, 2013 | archive-date=February 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024756/http://www.subzin.com/s/We+have+a+leak+to+Kirschenbaum+and+Bond | url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1996, Bond went on to co-found ''iballs'', a digital media agencies, which was sold to Avenue A, which was then acquired by Microsoft. In 1997, Bond published ''Under the Radar,'' co-written with colleague Richard Kirshenbaum. The book was translated into five languages.<ref>{{cite book|title=Under the Radar|isbn=978-0471174691|author=Jonathan Bond, Richard Kirshenbaum|year=1998|publisher=Wiley |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/underradartalkin00bond}}</ref>
In 2011, he became the CEO of Big Fuel Communications, a marketing, content distribution, and social media company with clients including GM, Gatorade, T-Mobile, McDonald's, Budweiser, and Yahoo!.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Fuel Welcomes New CEO|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9BPthk-DyM|access-date=June 26, 2013|newspaper=Forbes|date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> The company was acquired by Publicis in 2012.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} As of 2019, Bond was the "Chief Tomorroist" at Tomorro LLC, a company that provides financial and strategic advice.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tomorrollc.com/ |title=\\\ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812042358/http://www.tomorrollc.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, he and his wife, Rebecca, founded Evolve, an organization intended to facilitate dialogue between opposing sides of the debate over gun ownership.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nocera|first=Joe|title=Changing Minds After Newtown|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/opinion/nocera-changing-minds-after-newtown.html|access-date=June 26, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Piers|title=Founders of Evolve talk about "irresponsible behavior related to guns" and a proud gun owner quits NRA|url=http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/06/clips-from-last-night-founders-of-evolve-talk-about-irresponsible-behavior-related-to-guns-and-a-proud-gun-owner-quits-nra/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308184250/http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/06/clips-from-last-night-founders-of-evolve-talk-about-irresponsible-behavior-related-to-guns-and-a-proud-gun-owner-quits-nra/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2013|newspaper=CNN|date=March 5, 2013}}</ref>
Bond is an advisor for Appinions Inc., DataXu, Metamorphic Ventures, and Smarterer, Inc.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7221158&privcapId=4320663 | title=Jonathan Bond: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek | access-date=April 3, 2023 | archive-date=June 29, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629094340/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7221158&privcapId=4320663 | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> He has served as a board member of the AAAA (American Association of Advertising Agencies), Ad Council, and AdWeek, and was the chairman of the board of Worldwide Partners, the world's largest network of independent ad agencies. He was named #4 in Adweek's "Agency Executive of the Decade" in 2010.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}thumb|220x220px|Daughters Olivia and Remy performing in Chicago, June 2025 == Personal life == He has five children from two marriages, two daughters and three sons, including Olivia Violet, and singer-songwriter Remy. The sisters appeared on season 6 of MasterChef Junior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrenche |first=Raul |date=January 26, 2017 |title=Look Inside Jon and Rebecca Bond's Stylishly Remodeled Hamptons Getaway |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/rebecca-and-jon-bond-bridgehampton-new-york-home-article#:~:text=The%20Bonds%20with%20their%20children,Olivia%2C%20Damian%2C%20and%20Remy. |website=www.architecturaldigest.com}}</ref>
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