Stan Rapp

Co-founder of RAPP, M&A Innovator, Best-selling Author, Agency Business-builder, Public Speaker Stan Rapp is a business builder who has twice served as Chairman/CEO of global advertising agencies with combined revenues now surpassing a billion dollars. As co-founder of Rapp Collins (recently rebranded as RAPP), he served as CEO of what grew to become one of the world's top-10 ad agencies with more than 50 offices worldwide. He was recognized by Advertising Age as one of the 101 individuals who...See more

Co-founder of RAPP, M&A Innovator, Best-selling Author, Agency Business-builder, Public Speaker Stan Rapp is a business builder who has twice served as Chairman/CEO of global advertising agencies with combined revenues now surpassing a billion dollars. As co-founder of Rapp Collins (recently rebranded as RAPP), he served as CEO of what grew to become one of the world's top-10 ad agencies with more than 50 offices worldwide. He was recognized by Advertising Age as one of the 101 individuals who shaped advertising in the 20th Century, and was elected to the Direct Marketing Association Hall of Fame. Direct Marketing magazine named him one of its select group of "industry legends." Rapp is co-author of the bestselling book, MaxiMarketing, which first predicted the change from mass marketing to one-to-one marketing, and five other books tracing the rapidly changing marketing scene. Most recently, he served as Chairman of Engauge, a pacesetting social/digital agency founded in 2007 and acquired by Publicis in 2013. See less