Wunderman Thompson

This article is about the current Wunderman Thompson agency. For its predecessors, see Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson.
Wunderman Thompson
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAdvertising, Digital Marketing
PredecessorsAgencies J. Walter Thompson and Wunderman
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Number of locations
200 offices in 90 markets
Key people
Mel Edwards (Global CEO)
Number of employees
20,000 (2019)[1]
ParentWPP
Websitewww.wundermanthompson.com

Wunderman Thompson was a New York–based global marketing communications agency with 200 offices in 90 markets. It was part of international advertising group WPP Group (NYSE: WPP). Wunderman Thompson was formed in 2018, when parent WPP merged agencies J. Walter Thompson and Wunderman.[2] On 17th October 2023, WPP announced the merger of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R into a new agency VML.[3] On January 01, 2024, Wunderman Thompson ceased to exist.

  1. ^ "Wunderman Thompson CEO Mel Edwards on Leading a 20,000-Person Merger". AdExchanger. January 24, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "WPP is merging JWT with Wunderman". Ad Age. November 26, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Graham, Megan. "WSJ News Exclusive | WPP Merging VMLY&R With Wunderman Thompson".