David Ogilvy (businessman)

British advertising executive (1911–1999)

David Mackenzie Ogilvy (23 June 1911 – 21 July 1999) was a British advertising tycoon and founder of Ogilvy & Mather. Trained at the Gallup research organisation, he created highly successful advertising campaigns for brands such as Rolls-Royce, Dove soap, and Hathaway shirts, which he attributed to meticulous research into consumer habits.

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