{{Short description|American advertising agency}} {{Infobox company | name = Dentsu McGarry Bowen LLC | type = Subsidiary | foundation = 2002 | location = Starrett-Lehigh Building<br>New York, New York, United States | key_people = Gordon Bowen, Founder and Chairman | industry = Advertising Agency | parent = Dentsu | homepage = {{URL|http://www.mcgarrybowen.com}} }} '''mcgarrybowen''' is an advertising agency founded in 2002 by John McGarry, former president of Young & Rubicam, Stewart Owen, former chief strategic officer of Young & Rubicam, and Gordon Bowen, a former executive creative director at Ogilvy & Mather and Young & Rubicam and who together until 2008 held roughly 90% of the company. mcgarrybowen was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Dentsu in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/mcgarrybowen-sells-its-soul-to-dentsu/|title=McGarryBowen Sells Its Soul To Dentsu|last=|first=|date=November 12, 2008|website=|publisher=Mediabistro.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909042938/http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/mcgarrybowen-sells-its-soul-to-dentsu_b2201|archive-date=9 September 2011|access-date=}}</ref>
mcgarrybowen ranked as the largest independent advertising agency in New York and 11th in the U.S., as ranked by ''AdAge'' 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primaonline.it/allegati/file15957230430981.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928032021/http://www.primaonline.it/allegati/file15957230430981.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Following both agencies' acquisition by Dentsu in 2008,<ref name="dentsu-acquisition">{{cite web |url = http://www.dentsu.com/news/2008/20081001112.html |title = Dentsu Holdings USA, Inc. to Acquire McGarry Bowen, LLC of the United States |work = Dentsu |date = 2008-10-01 |accessdate = 2010-05-24 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090626122415/http://www.dentsu.com/news/2008/20081001112.html |archivedate = 2009-06-26 }}</ref> mcgarrybowen became a sibling agency to 360i.<ref name="adage-dentsu">{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=141743|title=Dentsu Acquires 360i, Taking a Big Digital Shop off the Table|last=Patel|first=Kunur|date=2010-01-25|work=Advertising Age|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129034555/http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=141743|archive-date=29 January 2010|accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> mcgarrybowen was named as ''AdAge''{{'s}} Agency of the Year in 2009,<ref name="adage-mcgarrybowen">{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/agencya-list09/article?article_id=141664|title=McGarryBowen Is Ad Age's Agency of the Year|last=Parekh|first=Rupal|date=2010-01-25|work=Advertising Age|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127033334/http://adage.com/agencya-list09/article?article_id=141664|archive-date=27 January 2010|accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> and 2011,<ref name="adage-mcgarrybowen-2011">{{cite web | last = Morrison | first = Maureen | url = http://adage.com/article/special-report-agency-alist/mcgarrybowen-proves-solid-reliable-beat-fast-furious/232276/ | title = Agency of the Year McGarryBowen Proves Solid and Reliable Beat Fast and Furious | work = Advertising Age | date = 2012-01-23 }}</ref> as well as the No. 2 agency on ''AdAge''{{'s}} Agency A List for 2010.<ref name="adage-mcgarrybowen-2010">{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/agencya-list/article?article_id=148361|title=McGarryBowen Is No. 2 on the Ad Age Agency A-List|last=Creamer|first=Matthew|date=2011-01-24|work=Advertising Age|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124164210/http://adage.com/agencya-list/article?article_id=148361|archive-date=24 January 2011|access-date=}}</ref>
mcgarrybowen opened their first international office in London in April 2012, following a merger with sister agency Dentsu London,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/analysis/1122238/ | magazine = Campaign | title = School Reports 2012: Dentsu London | date= 2 April 2012 }}</ref> and almost immediately won the £25 million European launch campaign for Honda's fourth-generation CR-V.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1139240 | magazine = Campaign | author = Sara Kimberley | title = Honda Europe appoints Msgarrybowen to £25m ad brief | date= 3 July 2012 }}</ref>
==Principals== {{As of|2020|January|df=}}, the principals are:
*Gordon Bowen, Founder and Global Chairman *Jon Dupuis, Global President *Ida Rezvani, President, NYC *Ryan Lindholm, President, San Francisco *Laurel Stack Flatt, President, Chicago
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=40em}} * Advertising Age - http://adage.com/article/special-report-agency-alist-2017/mcgarrybowen-2017-comeback-agency-year/307607/ * Advertising Age - http://adage.com/article/agency-news/american-express-hires-mcgarrybowen-explain-offerings/309335/ * Advertising Age - http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/brita-filter-negativity-twitter/308581/ * Adweek - http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/tom-brady-epically-brushes-his-teeth-intels-super-bowl-ad-promoting-replay-technology-175492/
==External links== *[http://www.mcgarrybowen.com/ Official web site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081006120246/http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2005/0620/099.html ''Forbes'': "The Men in the Gray Flannel Suits"] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071215032554/http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/694857,CST-FIN-lew13.article "New kids on the block '' Chicago Sun-Times ''"]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcgarrybowen}} Category:Advertising agencies based in New York City Category:Dentsu Aegis Network brands Category:American companies established in 2002 Category:2002 establishments in New York City Category:2008 mergers and acquisitions Category:American subsidiaries of foreign companies