Alex Bogusky Resigns From MDC Partners
Advertising celebrity and MDC Partners’ star employee Alex Boguskyhas resigned from the holding company to pursue efforts outside the adworld, reports AdAge. “We have enjoyed a long and tremendously productive partnership overthe past ten years and have the utmost respect and admiration forAlex,” MDC said in a statement. “We’re confident that many importantcauses will benefit from his passion and brilliance, and wish him thevery best in all of his future endeavors.”
Mr Bogusky couldn’timmediately be reached for comment.
Bogusky began his career as a creative in the ’80s, and is thefounding partner of Crispin Porter & Bogusky, which under hisdirection became one of the country’s most talked-about — at timeslauded and hated in equal measure — shops. CPB was bought by MDCnearly 10 years ago, and since that time Bogusky has risen throughthe ranks of the holding company and become one of ad land’s mostfamous personalities. His departure from MDC is sure to dampen interestfrom a generation of talent that has admired him for audacious work formarketers like BMW Mini and Burger King.
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Does the fact he’s wearing another agency’s t-shirt in that pic say anything?
That’s Ari Merkin’s old agency toy.
Ari now is ECD at the CP+B Miami office.
In this rather sad place, populated by negativity, back-stabbing and insecurity, please, let us all spare a second to farewell a true legend. Good luck Alex, doubt very much that you will read this blog at all, however, please know you’ve been a god to all of us. An inspiration, a game changer and a truly good dude. Best of the best from everyone that has worshiped at the CP+B altar for the last 10 years.
I have got to say that I met Alex a few years ago, and he is without ego, down to earth, fucking funny to talk too and yes I’d work for him tomorrow. Aussie CD’s please take note.
I hear that he’s joining The Foundry as National CD.
2.12pm,
Dear God you’re a fool.
God, not god.
PS – crawler.