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CHICAGO Former Leo Burnett chairman and chief executive officer C.R. “Jack” Kopp died earlier this week from complications related to congestive heart failure. He was 83.
Kopp, who ran the Chicago agency from 1976-82, was the shop’s third CEO. During his tenure, the shop doubled its billings from $723 million to nearly $1.5 billion. He joined the shop in 1955 as an account executive in client services and was promoted to account supervisor two years later.
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