Founded as a one-man, one-room retail shop in New York City’s garment district, Grey now employs more than 1,000 people between the New York City flagship of our 96-country network, Grey San Francisco and Grey Los Angeles. 

Grey ranks among the world's top advertising and marketing organizations, serving one-fifth of the FORTUNE 500, in 96 countries. Under the banner of "Grey Famously Effective Since 1917,"​ we continue to break new ground in brand experience across every platform and create lasting consumer connections. Our parent company is WPP.

Grey won Adweek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2013 and 2015, and was named to Ad Age’s prestigious A-LIST of the world's best agencies in 2010, 2012 and 2013. Grey New York was the number one Agency of the Year in the United States at CANNES in 2016 and the second most-awarded agency in the world in 2015 and 2016. FAST COMPANY magazine honored Grey in its "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies"​ issue in 2010 and 2011. Grey New York was also named to CREATIVITY's A-LIST of the 10 most creative agencies in the world in 2013, and took top honors as "best all-around ad agency of 2012"​ in FORBES'​ survey of agency search consultants.