'Philip H. Geier, Jr.' was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Interpublic Group of Companies

Interpublic Group of Companies

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...

 in from 1980 to 2000.

Career

Geier joined McCann-Erickson in 1958. During his career, he served as regional director of McCann-Europe and then Vice Chairman of the parent company, Interpublic in 1975. He then became President and COO two years later, before becoming Chairman and CEO. He retired from the company in 2000.

In February 2001, Mr. Geier formed The Geier Group to provide consulting/advisory services in the marketing, communications, and venture capitalism areas; www.geiergroup.com http://www.geiergroup.com

Additionally, Mr. Geier is a Senior Advisor for Lazard Frères & Co., LLC and serves on the Board of Directors for the following companies: AEA Investors Inc., Fiduciary Trust International, Mettler-Toledo International Inc. and retired from the ones at Alcon Labs Inc. and Foot Locker Inc. Mr. Geier’s philanthropic Director/Trustee relationships include Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Save the Children, Autism Speaks, Columbia Business School, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Mr. Geier holds a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University

Colgate University

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 (1957) and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

(1958). He and his wife, Faith, have two daughters.