Partners and Napier

Partners + Napier
Private
Founded 2004 (2004)
Headquarters Rochester, New York, USA
Number of locations
 4
Key people
 Sharon Napier (CEO)
Revenue $17M in 2009
Owner Project
Number of employees
 135
Website http://www.partnersandnapier.com/

Partners + Napier is a full-service ideas agency headquartered in Rochester, New York. The agency has additional field offices in New York, New York and San Francisco, California.

Partners + Napier was created in 2004 when CEO Sharon Napier and three partners, including CFO Jim DiNoto and CCO Jeff Gabel, purchased the Rochester, New York and Atlanta, Georgia offices of Wolf Group Integrated Communications, an agency based in Toronto, Ontario; the three were all Rochester-based regional executives with Wolf Group who took action when founder and chairman Larry Wolf decided to shut down the firm.[1][2]

The agency is the founding member of the Partners Group,[3] an interdependent collective of North American agencies formed in 2006, consisting of Partners + Napier, Partners and Jeary and Partners and Edell.[4] The collective was dissolved after Partners and Jeary and Partners and Edell were acquired.[5]

In 2010, Partners + Napier was acquired by Project,[6] a holding company consisting of twelve total agencies based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.[5] Project has identified no fewer than 50 potential agency targets for additional acquisition, according to chairman and chief executive Robert G. Vallee Jr.[5]

In 2011, the company was chosen as one of the 30 Best Places to Work in Marketing and Media by Advertising Age.[7]

With gross billings of $130M, Partners + Napier is a Rochester Top 100 Company, as chosen by the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper[8] and a finalist for Fast Company's Fast 50 award.

References

  1. ↑ Jensen, Trevor (April 5, 2004). "Ex-Wolf Cleveland Execs Buy Out Agency". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2004-04-05.
  2. ↑ Sanders, Lisa (February 3, 2004). "WOLF GROUP SHUTTERS NEW YORK, TORONTO OFFICES". Advertising Age. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ↑ Rand, Ben (October 19, 2006). "Nimble and Edgy? There's a Group for You, Partner". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
  4. ↑ Williamson, Richard (October 20, 2006). "Power of 3: Independents Unite". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
  5. 1 2 3 Elliot, Stuart (16 March 2011). "Agreeing to Be Bought, but Keeping Autonomy". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Napier, Sharon (25 April 2011). "How (and Why) We Made the Decision to Sell Partners & Napier to Project Worldwide". Advertising Age. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Carmichael, Matt (22 August 2011). "Best Places to Work: No. 26 Partners & Napier". Advertising Age.
  8. ↑ "The Rochester Top 100". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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