One of greats of 20th Century advertising, David Ogilvy was born 100 years ago today. Unlike many of his contemporaries whose legacies have been submerged in a tangle of mergers and acronyms, Ogilvy’s name lives on in the agency he founded in New York in 1948 as Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson, & Mather.
The first video is a compilation of interviews with Ogilvy, where he shares many of his most famous thoughts on advertising. "My new crusade is in favour of advertising that sells. My battlecry is: we sell or else...I hope you jump on my bandwagon."
The second video is a longer piece that captures Ogilvy in a reflective mood at his estate in Touffou, France, where he settled into retirement in 1973. Here, Ogilvy looks back on his life inside and outside of advertising.
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