Havas
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| Public company | |
| Traded as | Euronext: HAV |
| Industry | Business Services |
| Founded | France (1968) (as Havas Conseil) |
| Founders | Alain de Pouzilhac and Jacques Herail |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Key people
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Vincent Bolloré, Chairman Jacques Séguéla, Vice-chairman Yannick Bolloré, CEO |
| Products | Advertising, marketing, media |
| Revenue |
 €1.441 billion (2009) |
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€92 million (2009) |
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| Owner | Groupé Bolloré (60%) |
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Number of employees
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17,500 |
| Website | havasgroup.com |
Havas (French pronunciation: [avas]) is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest global advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of two main operational divisions:
The Group offers a broad range of communications services, including digital, advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications and public relations.
The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the original Havas which acquired the rights to the name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in Puteaux, Paris, and listed in the Euronext main market.
Havas was the first French news agency, created in 1835 emerged in the age of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency comes from it. Havas was acquired by Vivendi in 1998, and renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing. VUP in turn merged with Lagardere to become Editis in 2004.
French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré, through his holding company the Bolloré Group, is the main shareholder, controlling 32.84% of the share capital as of 7 May 2012. Bolloré himself took over the chairmanship of the Havas board (Président du conseil d'administration).
Havas is the family name of Charles-Louis Havas. He created the first French press agency in 1835.
By 1968, Havas had become a diversified group which had, inter alia, media interests. These interests were incorporated into a société anonyme, Havas Conseil S.A., which expanded its business rapidly.
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