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Mary Georgene Wells Lawrence (née Berg; May 25, 1928 – May 11, 2024) was an American advertising executive. She was the founding president of Wells, Rich, Greene, an advertising agency known for its creative work. She was the first female CEO of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
May 11, 2024 · Mary Wells Lawrence, who grew up in Ohio, at 22 took her imagination and ambition to New York, where she broke through advertising’s male bastions of the 1960s, quit a prestigious job when she...
May 20, 2024 · Mary Wells Lawrence was an American businesswoman who made a mark in advertising during an age when men dominated the field. She cofounded the Wells Rich Greene advertising agency, which became noted for its campaign for Alka Seltzer (‘Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz’) among others.
May 14, 2024 · Mary Wells Lawrence, legendary advertising exec behind “I [heart] NY” campaign, died Saturday in London at the age of 95.
May 11, 2024 · Mary Wells Lawrence, who grew up in Ohio, at 22 took her imagination and ambition to New York, where she broke through advertising’s male bastions of the 1960s, quit a prestigious job when she was denied a presidency, founded her own agency and dazzled Madison Avenue with vivid campaigns that became embedded in American culture.
May 13, 2024 · Mary Wells Lawrence, trailblazing copywriter and agency founder, dies at 95. Wells Lawrence was the first woman to open, own and run a major ad agency—New York’s Wells Rich Greene. By...
Aug 7, 2022 · On the 26th of June 2020, Mary Wells Lawrence was named the new “Lion of St. Mark” by the Cannes International Festival of Creativity at the ripe age of 92. Though it was far from the first major honour earned by the advertising legend.
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