Power Players.(Special Report: Power Players)(a ranking of the 30 most powerful advertising executives)

Advertising Age, October, 2003

1 James R. Stengel

Global marketing officer

Procter & Gamble Co.

Ad budget: $2.67 billion

Agency roster: Grey Global Group's Grey Worldwide, New York and Toronto; Ericsson Fina, Wing Latino Group and MediaCom, all New York. Publicis Groupe's Publicis Worldwide, Kaplan Thaler Group, Conill and MediaVest, all New York; Leo Burnett USA, Chicago and Toronto; Saatchi & Saatchi, New York and Los Angeles; Burrell Communications Group and Starcom, both Chicago; Bromley Communications, San Antonio. Carol H. Williams Advertising, Oakland, Calif.

Power play: For the first time in three years, P&G registered organic sales growth globally, with sales for the year ended June 30 up 7.8% to $43.4 billion, without help from acquisitions....

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