Saatchi & Saatchi at 50: Five decades of troublemaking and genius
They’ve dominated the ad world for a generation - but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing
- Words by: Harry Shukman
They’ve dominated the ad world for a generation - but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing
They’ve dominated the ad world for a generation - but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing
What were they thinking? There they were, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, kings of the ad world, trying to buy a bank. A bank! What did they know about high street banking? The two brothers had set up one of the most successful ad agencies in the world, Saatchi & Saatchi, slurping up talent and rivals like a whale would plankton, striking deals with British Airways, Silk Cut and Toyota. And then, come 1987, they want to buy Midland Bank, the fourth largest in Britain.
What were they thinking? There they were, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, kings of the ad world, trying to buy a bank. A bank! What did they know about high street banking? The two brothers had set up one of the most successful ad agencies in the world, Saatchi & Saatchi, slurping up talent and rivals like a whale would plankton, striking deals with British Airways, Silk Cut and Toyota. And then, come 1987, they want to buy Midland Bank, the fourth largest in Britain.
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