Famous Advertisers in History: David Ogilvy
6 min readJul 27, 2017
If you’re in advertising, you’ve no doubt heard the name David Ogilvy, the “Father of Advertising.” Some people believe he was the inspiration for the character Don Draper from the TV hit Madmen.
Regardless, his ads in the 50’s and 60’s made quite a splash, because they were remarkably different from the day’s normal ads. Even today’s advertisers can look back and admire the creativity of…