J. Walter Thompson

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J. Walter Thompson

American businessman

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J. Walter Thompson Co.
Carlton hired James Walter Thompson, age 20, as a bookkeeper. Thompson later became a solicitor of advertising and purchased the company from his employer in 1878. He renamed the agency after himself, and it was incorporated as J. Walter Thompson Co. in 1896. The agency soon became the exclusive…
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Carlton hired James Walter Thompson, age 20, as a bookkeeper. Thompson later became a solicitor of advertising and purchased the company from his employer in 1878. He renamed the agency after himself, and it was incorporated as J. Walter Thompson Co. in 1896. The agency soon became the exclusive…
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