# Stagwell

> Stagwell is a publicly traded, digital-first marketing network that combines more than 55 agency partners with media, polling, creative, communications, digital-transformation and marketing-software capabilities. Founded by strategist and pollster Mark Penn in 2015 and enlarged through the 2021 combination with MDC Partners, it serves thousands of organizations worldwide, including major consumer and enterprise brands. The company positions itself as a smaller, technology-heavy challenger to the traditional advertising holding groups, with an expanding layer of AI products designed to connect audience data, creative production and campaign activation.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York City, United States
- **Founders:** Mark Penn (Founder, Chairman and CEO)
- **Team size:** 13,000+ specialists, including 1,250+ engineers, across 41 countries as reported on Stagwell's website in 2026.
- **Products:** Integrated agency services, The Marketing Cloud, PRophet, Apollo Program, The Machine
- **Notable:** Completed the combination of The Stagwell Group and MDC Partners in August 2021, creating the current Nasdaq-listed Stagwell Inc., Built a network reporting more than 13,000 specialists, 1,250 engineers and operations across 41 countries., Reported $2.9 billion in FY2025 revenue, $422 million in adjusted EBITDA and $467 million in net new business.

## Products & services

- **Integrated agency services** — Creative, brand strategy, communications, public affairs, media, commerce, research and digital-transformation work delivered across Stagwell's agency network.
- **The Marketing Cloud** — A portfolio of SaaS and data products for in-house marketers spanning research, communications, creative workflows, audience intelligence and media activation.
- **PRophet** — AI-assisted communications technology that helps teams identify relevant journalists and influencers, test messaging and predict earned-media interest.
- **Apollo Program** — A real-time, AI-powered consumer, creative and contextual insights platform acquired by Stagwell in 2022.
- **The Machine** — An agentic marketing operating system built by Code and Theory to connect people, workflows, tools and data rather than replace a client's existing stack.
- **Agent Cloud** — A secure enterprise gateway to leading AI models, prebuilt marketing assistants and tools for building custom agents.
- **Stagwell Agentic Targeting System** — An AI-driven audience and activation system combining Palantir Foundry, Stagwell data and orchestration software from Code and Theory.
- **Stagwell Search+** — A product and operating model for brand visibility across conventional search and AI-generated discovery experiences.
- **Harris Quest** — Research tools that bring Harris Poll methodology to brand tracking, rapid surveys and real-time reputation analysis.

## Achievements

- Completed the combination of The Stagwell Group and MDC Partners in August 2021, creating the current Nasdaq-listed Stagwell Inc.
- Built a network reporting more than 13,000 specialists, 1,250 engineers and operations across 41 countries.
- Reported $2.9 billion in FY2025 revenue, $422 million in adjusted EBITDA and $467 million in net new business.
- Reported record quarterly net new business of $171 million in Q2 2026 and $540 million over the trailing 12 months.
- Stagwell's current website cites more than 435 Cannes Lions won across the network.
- Network firms won more than 300 major industry awards in one first-half tally published by Stagwell.
- Expanded from agency services into proprietary SaaS, data and agentic-AI products through The Marketing Cloud and The Machine.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported Q2 revenue of $786 million, net revenue of $632 million and record quarterly net new business of $171 million; raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $1.03-$1.17.
- **2026-07** — Announced an agreement to acquire QStrauss Consulting to expand Code and Theory's implementation work around Adobe solutions.
- **2026-07** — Launched Stagwell Curate, extending the company's media and content capabilities.
- **2026-07** — Haier Europe selected Stagwell as creative agency for the Haier brand, while Doner was named creative agency of record for Navy Federal Credit Union.
- **2026-04** — Reported three active client engagements for its agentic marketing system and commitments to The Machine from Con Edison, Microsoft and a global spirits brand.
- **2025-11** — Formalized a Palantir partnership around an AI-driven marketing data and targeting platform, with early adoption through Assembly.

## Links

- Website: https://www.stagwellglobal.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stagwell
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stagwell
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Stagwell
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stagwellglobal/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stagwellglobal/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13