On the Adweek Podcast: Martin Sorrell and the Fall of a Giant

We look back at the WPP CEO's rise, fall and clouded legacy

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It was the resignation heard ’round the world. This weekend, WPP CEO Martin Sorrell announced he was leaving his own company, one he acquired as a wire basket manufacturer and turned into an unprecedented marketing juggernaut.

Here at Adweek, we had already recorded our weekly podcast, “Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad,” when the news broke, so we decided to give Sorrell’s abrupt departure its own bonus episode.

In this 18-minute chat, Adweek editorial director James Cooper and creative editor David

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