Martin Sorrell

For Sir Martin Sorrell, the key quality for businesses in coping with the pandemic is agility. And, he says simply: “We have it.” Sorrell believes S4Capital’s philosophy, structure and staff meant it was well-placed to respond to the sudden changes of the last 18 months. “Last March/April we were in...

Sir Martin Sorrell, S4 Capital founder and executive chairman, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss whether he's concerned about Apple's new privacy features and what it could mean for the ad industry. He also discusses the company's entrance into the China market.

Even as vaccines roll out and caseloads decrease, the world will likely be forever changed by a pandemic that accelerated preexisting trends across all facets of daily life. That is certainly true of the future of white-collar work, like much of the work done across the advertising industry. Agencies and their partners are likely to adopt a flexible approach to work that meets new demands from employees — a change Martin Sorrell is ready to face at S4 Capital, the digital marketing holding company he launched after his exit from WPP in 2018.

Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising agency, S4 Capital, has terminated several office leases as staff are being encouraged to adopt flexible hybrid working practices. The boss, who resigned from his previous firm, WPP following allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace, said creativity is not being lost by the arrangements. “We...

S4 Capital documents show that executive chairman Martin Sorrell’s total compensation from the firm last year was around $300,000 including salary, taxable benefits, bonuses and pension. That’s a pretty sharp fall from Sorrell’s “pay king” days when he was the highest paid executive in Adland. Different time and different company,...

The former WPP chief Martin Sorrell has said he is “extremely optimistic” about the economic recovery and the prospects for the ad market this year and next as the Covid pandemic subsides and stimulus programmes take effect, but expressed caution further ahead when governments to impose tax rises to pay for their emergency borrowing.

Sir Martin Sorrell has called in the lawyers after his former employer WPP said it was refusing to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in share awards, alleging he leaked confidential information to the media following his bitter departure from the advertising firm he founded. Sorrell resigned from WPP...

WPP has risked fuelling further acrimony with its founder and former chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell by refusing to pay him outstanding bonuses. The advertising agency said it had blocked share awards from 2016 and 2017 amid claims he leaked information about the business. In its annual report, WPP said:...