Sir Martin Sorrell

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf businessman
entrepreneur
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Harvard_Business_School
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Harvard_Business_School_Alumni_Achievement_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1945-02-14
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Martin_Stuart_Sorrell
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:S4_Capital
gptkb:WPP_plc
gptkbp:category Harvard Business School alumni
People from London
British billionaires
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
British chief executives
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Harvard_Business_School
gptkb:Haberdashers'_Aske's_Boys'_School
gptkbp:formerPosition CEO of WPP plc
gptkbp:founded gptkb:S4_Capital
gptkb:WPP_plc
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire_(CBE)
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Martin Sorrell
gptkbp:industry gptkb:media
advertising
marketing
gptkbp:knighted 2000
gptkbp:knownFor founder and executive chairman of S4 Capital
founding WPP plc
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:netWorth over £200 million (as of 2023)
gptkbp:notableWork building WPP into the world's largest advertising company
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:business_executive
businessman
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Jonathan_Sorrell
gptkb:Mark_Sorrell
gptkb:Robert_Sorrell
gptkbp:resignedFrom gptkb:WPP_plc
2018
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cristina_Sorrell
gptkbp:successor Mark Read (at WPP plc)
gptkbp:twitter @martinsorrell
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Westminster_Business_School
gptkb:Haberdashers'_Aske's_Boys'_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5