Mark Penn is the Chairman and CEO of Stagwell Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company with over 12,000 employees and $2.5 billion of annual revenue. His career spans 50 years in market research, advertising, public relations, polling and consulting. A globally recognized strategist, Penn has advised top world leaders, led companies and written two bestselling books. 
Prior to founding Stagwell, Penn held several senior positions including Microsoft’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, co-founder and CEO of Penn Schoen Berland and CEO of Burson-Marsteller.

For six years, Penn served as White House Pollster to President Bill Clinton and was chief strategist of his 1996 re-election campaign. He is credited with developing several ad and polling methods and was first to implement overnight polling.