Power Players 2009

P&G's Marc Pritchard Is Ad Age's No. 1 Power Player

P&G's Marc Pritchard Is Ad Age's No. 1 Power Player

Last year's cutbacks aside, P&G still spends more on marketing than any marketer in the U.S. or, for that matter, the world.

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Verizon's John Stratton Is Ad Age's No. 2 Power Player

Verizon's John Stratton Is Ad Age's No. 2 Power Player

John Stratton was recently appointed marketing chief for Verizon's wireless business following a reorganization that eliminated his former role as the company-wide chief marketing officer.

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Unilever's Simon Clift Is Ad Age's No. 3 Power Player

Unilever's Simon Clift Is Ad Age's No. 3 Power Player

Led by Simon Clift, who has deep international experience and expertise in personal care, Unilever been innovative, with such tacks as a "reverse upfront" where networks pitch plans for its brands.

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AT&T's Catherine Coughlin Is Ad Age's No. 4 Power Player

AT&T's Catherine Coughlin Is Ad Age's No. 4 Power Player

With roughly 80% of AT&T's marketing budget allotted to wireless and CEO Randall Stephenson calling wireless the "priority of this business," it's a sure bet that Catherine Coughlin will increasingly focus on wresting market share away from competitors in the deeply saturated wireless market.

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J&J's Brian Perkins Is Ad Age's No. 5 Power Player

J&J's Brian Perkins Is Ad Age's No. 5 Power Player

Led by Brian Perkins, J&J's marketing organization has been among the package-goods industry's most innovative players in branded content and digital marketing.

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Walmart's Stephen Quinn Is Ad Age's No. 6 Power Player

Walmart's Stephen Quinn Is Ad Age's No. 6 Power Player

A Walmart that once failed to fully appreciate or wield its marketing power has lost those inhibitions under the leadership of Stephen Quinn.

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A-B's Dave Peacock Is Ad Age's No. 7 Power Player

A-B's Dave Peacock Is Ad Age's No. 7 Power Player

The U.S. is the global beer industry's largest and most important profit pool, and Mr. Peacock leads the entity that dominates it with a market share of nearly 50%.

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McDonald's Mary Dillon Is Ad Age's No. 8 Power Player

McDonald's Mary Dillon Is Ad Age's No. 8 Power Player

After four years at the helm of McDonald's venerable marketing machine, Mary Dillon has driven share gains and international expansion, and continued to grow the business as the rest of the fast-food industry has slowed and declined.

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Toyota's Bob Carter Is Ad Age's No. 9 Power Player

Toyota's Bob Carter Is Ad Age's No. 9 Power Player

Bob Carter, head of the Toyota Division and a 28-year veteran of the company, kept the pressure on this year with a well-recalled blitz for the third-generation Prius hybrid.

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Ford's Jim Farley Is Ad Age's No. 10 Power Player

Ford's Jim Farley Is Ad Age's No. 10 Power Player

Ford Motor Co., which did not take federal bailout loans, has been stealing share from its two cross-town rivals that did. Credit ex-Toyota exec Jim Farley, who has made Ford the rare carmaker investing in brand-building ads as of late.

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Apple's Steve Jobs Is Ad Age's No. 11 Power Player

Apple's Steve Jobs Is Ad Age's No. 11 Power Player

Few mass brands spark the fervency and dedication Apple does, and the man responsible for it all is Steve Jobs.

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L'Oreal's Frederic Roze Is Ad Age's No. 12 Power Player

L'Oreal's Frederic Roze Is Ad Age's No. 12 Power Player

L'Oréal vies for leadership with Procter & Gamble Co. in global beauty care, with the roughly $4 billion U.S. business remaining one of the keystones as the company.

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Google's Brin & Page Are Ad Age's No. 13 Power Players

Google's Brin & Page Are Ad Age's No. 13 Power Players

Google is spreading its tentacles into many industries, including some beyond advertising, but all the important decisions are still made by the founders, along with CEO Eric Schmidt.

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Hyundai's Joel Ewanick Is Ad Age's No. 14 Power Player

Hyundai's Joel Ewanick Is Ad Age's No. 14 Power Player

Joel Ewanick, VP-marketing, put the word out this year that Hyundai planned to be very aggressive when other carmakers were pulling back on advertising and brand-building.

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GSK's Andrew Witty Is Ad Age's No. 15 Power Player

GSK's Andrew Witty Is Ad Age's No. 15 Power Player

Forget Pfizer's mega-merger with Wyeth that solidified its position as the world's No. 1 pharmaceutical company. Now the most important man in health care and pharmaceuticals works at No. 2: GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty.

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Reckitt's Rob de Groot Is Ad Age's No. 16 Power Player

Reckitt's Rob de Groot Is Ad Age's No. 16 Power Player

Reckitt Benckiser, or RB, as it's coming to be called, has earned respect by beating its global competitive set routinely in top-line growth for more than five years running, with Rob de Groot leading the way.

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Honda's Steve Center Is Ad Age's No. 17 Power Player

Honda's Steve Center Is Ad Age's No. 17 Power Player

Honda stuck to its conservative approach to business in the economic maelstrom and managed to eke out a full-year global profit for the fiscal year ended March 31.

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Peter Sachse of Macy's Is Ad Age's No. 18 Power Player

Peter Sachse of Macy's Is Ad Age's No. 18 Power Player

As retail's top spender, Macy's is a force in the marketing world, and Peter Sachse is pulling the strings.

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JCPenney's Mike Boylson Is Ad Age's No. 19 Power Player

JCPenney's Mike Boylson Is Ad Age's No. 19 Power Player

Thanks to new celebrity lines, the opening of its first Manhattan location and upbeat marketing from Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the oldest names in retail, JCPenney, has managed to stay fresh.

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Nike's Mark Parker Is Ad Age's No. 20 Power Player

Nike's Mark Parker Is Ad Age's No. 20 Power Player

Nike is the world's dominant footwear and apparel provider, and perhaps its most-accomplished digital marketer as well.

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