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Richard Edelman

Richard Edelman

Richard Edelman

President and CEO

Edelman

Speaking at

Tuesday 18 June, 14:00 - 14:30

When Societal Progress Meets Resistance

Biography

Richard Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm, with more than 6,000 employees in 66 offices across 28 countries.

The firm was named to Advertising Age’s A-List in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2019 and was honored as “PR Agency of the Decade” by both Advertising Age and PRovoke. At the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Edelman became the first PR Agency to win a Grand Prix as lead agency in the Entertainment Lions for Sport and was named Independent Agency of the Year in the Entertainment Track.

In 2022, Richard was inducted into the American Advertising Hall of Fame, the first PR executive to ever earn this honor. Richard earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1978. He and his wife Claudia live in New York City, and he has three daughters, Margot, Tory and Amanda.