Ingram may make for stealthy sparring partner in Tempus war.(Chris Ingram)(Brief Article)

Advertising Age,  August, 2001  by Hatfield, Stefano

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Chris Ingram was obsessive about independence. Until now. The Tempus chairman, currently the object of an agreed $600 million bid from the French group Havas (and at time of writing, a potential counter-bid from WPP, a 22% shareholder in Tempus), had every reason to be. Although he did not invent the concept of the media independent, he is the individual who made it work.

Together with the Gross brothers, who simultaneously founded Carat in France, Ingram revolutionized advertising by launching Chris Ingram & Associates in the U.K. in 1976. Vilified by creative agencies and ...

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