Sorrell’s consolidation may have been a disaster, but the industry is empty at the top without him

Following the WPP boss’ shocking exit over the weekend, Bob Hoffman assesses the ramifications of losing one of advertising’s most powerful and influential figures.

Sir Martin Sorrell, the British accountant who bought a shopping cart company and turned it into the largest advertising and marketing corporation in history, has stepped down as CEO of WPP.

In what is likely to be a disaster for the company, Sorrell resigned yesterday in the midst of an investigation into alleged improprieties by the board of the company he founded over 30 years ago.

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