GroupM North America CEO Sharb Farjami On Streaming, Ad Disruption And His Unplanned Path From Rugby Pitch To Corner Office – Deadline Q&A [Yahoo! Finance]
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Today, roughly three decades after that early start, he has risen to one of the top posts in the industry as CEO of GroupM North America. As the media buying arm of giant holding company WPP, GroupM controls billions of dollars in annual ad spending. “I'd love to say this was all intentional, but it's actually rather accidental,” Farjami told Deadline in an interview. “I didn't go to college. I left school pretty early. At 17, I went straight into media.” More from Deadline 'Saturday Night Live' Nails Down Key Sponsorships For Upcoming 50th Season Netflix Ad Tier Hits 40M Monthly Active Users, Nearly Double Its Scale At Start Of 2024 Ads On HBO? Max Looks To Become Much More Than That As It Gains Commercial Traction After initially pursuing a career as a professional rugby player while growing up in London, Farjami recalled with a shrug, “I just wasn't good enough.” Through sports, he added, “I met lots of people who happened to be in media in one way or another – media ow
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