J Walter Thompson
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| Industry | Marketing Communications |
| Predecessor | JWT |
| Founded | New York, New York, U.S. (1864) |
| Founder | William James Carlton |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Number of employees
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10,000 (January 2015) |
| Parent | WPP plc |
| Website | www |
J. Walter Thompson incorporated by James Walter Thompson, in 1896 and formerly an advertising agency, is currently a marketing communications company. It is owned by WPP plc since 1987.
The company has been pioneering brands since 1864, and is known for its longstanding relationships with clients, among them Unilever/Lever Brothers (109+ years); Mondelēz International/Kraft Foods (89+ years); Kimberly-Clark (84+ years); Nestlé (81+ years); Kellogg's (80+ years); and Ford Motor (67+ years). Other notable clients include Avon, Treasury Wine Estates, Edgewell/Schick, Tudor, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Newell, Air Canada and the United States Marine Corps.
J. Walter Thompson (JWT), part of the WPP Group, is the world’s best-known marketing communications brand. Headquartered in New York, J. Walter Thompson is a global network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries employing over 12,000 marketing professionals.
JWT celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2014. It traces its origins to the Carlton & Smith agency, which opened its doors in 1864, one of the first known advertising agencies in the United States. Founder William James Carlton started selling advertising space in religious magazines. Almost nothing is known about the Smith partner.
In 1868, Carlton hired James Walter Thompson as a bookkeeper. Eventually Thompson found that soliciting and sales were much more profitable, and he became a very effective salesman for the small company. In 1877, Thompson paid $800 for the Carlton & Smith furniture in the same transaction.
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