Partners and Napier

Partners + Napier
Private
Founded 2004
Headquarters Rochester, New York, USA
Number of locations
 4
Key people
 Sharon Napier (CEO)
Revenue $17M in 2009
Owner Project: WorldWide
Number of employees
 135
Website http://www.partnersandnapier.com/

Partners + Napier is a full-service ideas agency headquartered in Rochester, New York. The agency has another full-service office in Atlanta, Georgia, and additional field offices in New York, New York and San Francisco, California.

Partners + Napier was created in 2004 when CEO Sharon Napier and three partners, including CFO Jim DiNoto and CCO Jeff Gabel, purchased Wolf Group’s Rochester, New York and Atlanta, Georgia offices.[1]

The agency is the founding member of the Partners Group,[2] an interdependent collective of North American agencies formed in 2006, consisting of Partners + Napier, Partners and Jeary and Partners and Edell.[3] The collective was dissolved after Partners and Jeary and Partners and Edell were acquired.[4]

In 2010, Partners + Napier was acquired by Project Worldwide,[5] a holding company consisting of six total agencies based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.[4] Project Worldwide has identified no fewer than 50 potential agency targets for additional acquisition, according to chairman and chief executive Robert G. Vallee Jr.[4]

In 2011, the company was chosen as one of the 30 Best Places to Work in Marketing and Media by Advertising Age.[6]

With gross billings of $130M, Partners + Napier is a Rochester Top 100 Company, as chosen by the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper[7] and a finalist for Fast Company's Fast 50 award.

References

  1. ↑ Jensen, Trevor (April 5, 2004). "Ex-Wolf Cleveland Execs Buy Out Agency". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2004-04-05.
  2. ↑ Rand, Ben (October 19, 2006). "Nimble and Edgy? There’s a Group for You, Partner". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
  3. ↑ Williamson, Richard (October 20, 2006). "Power of 3: Independents Unite". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Elliot, Stuart (16 March 2011). "Agreeing to Be Bought, but Keeping Autonomy". New York Times.
  5. ↑ Napier, Sharon (25 April 2011). "How (and Why) We Made the Decision to Sell Partners & Napier to Project Worldwide". Advertising Age. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Carmichael, Matt (22 August 2011). "Best Places to Work: No. 26 Partners & Napier". Advertising Age.
  7. ↑ "The Rochester Top 100". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

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