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# The Stagwell Group Reports Formal Combination of Stagwell Marketing Group Holdings LLC and MDC Partners Inc.
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/the-stagwell-group-reports-formal-combination-of-stagwell-marketing-group-holdings-llc-and-mdc-partners-inc/
- Published: 2021-08-03T14:04:59.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-03T14:04:59.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Agency, Acquisitions, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:51

**The Stagwell Group, based in D.C., reports the formal combination of Stagwell Marketing Group Holdings LLC and MDC Partners Inc.** The combined company is called Stagwell Inc.

“In 2015, I started Stagwell with a vision to create a digital-first, collaborative, founder-led alternative to the holding companies that was focused on delivering what modern marketers need. We started with an idea and a great investor; less than six years later, we take the next step as a publicly traded, $2B company with over 10,000 global employees offering every service CMOs deserve,” says **Mark Penn**, shown above, Chairman and CEO of Stagwell Inc. “Stagwell brings together storied creative talent with the digital-first expertise required to succeed in today’s world. We thank our investors, managers and the shareholders of MDC Partners for their support.”

Stagwell, states a release, now includes “renowned brands including creative agencies such as 72 and Sunny, Anomaly, Doner and Forsman & Bodenfors, cutting edge digital transformation firms including Code and Theory, YML and Instrument, media powerhouses Assembly, ForwardPMX and Gale, public relations leaders Allison+Partners, SKDK and Hunter, and market research firms the Harris Poll and NRG.”

Stagwell’s clients include P&G, Nike and Google.

More [here](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210802005517/en/The-Stagwell-Group-Announces-the-Successful-Combination-of-Stagwell-Marketing-Group-With-MDC-Partners-Forming-Stagwell-Inc.-NASDAQ-STGW?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).