OP-ED NY Times: Back to the Center, Democrats

About Mark Penn

Mark Penn is the President and managing Partner of the Stagewell Group. Founded in 2015, the Stagewell Group is an investment advisory company, which will invest in advertising, research, data analytics , public relations, and digital marketing services. a former pollster, political strategist, and author. Penn has been in research, advertising, public relations, polling and consulting for nearly 40 years. Before founding The Stagewell Group, he served was a senior executive at Microsoft where as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for working on core strategic issues across Microsoft’s products, value propositions and investments and leading the company’s competitive research and analysis. Penn is also well-known for his role as a strategic advisor to former President Bill Clinton from 1995 until the end of his administration. In 2000, TIME Magazine described Penn as master of the message in a commentary on his role as a presidential advisor.