DONNY DEUTSCH
"CNBC Host"


As Chairman of Deutsch Inc., he implemented his "leaner, meaner, faster, smarter" philosophy to transform a small advertising shop into one of the nation’s top 10 agencies. The $2.8 billion full-service agency has provided clients with strategic marketing programs that are intrusive, effective and talked about. Prestigious clients include GM, Johnson & Johnson, DirecTV, Novartis Worldwide, and IKEA.

In 2005, Harper Collins published Donny’s business motivation book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, based on his career experiences. Reviews have called his writing "bold, funny and often irreverent," and Newsweek (November 2005) noted "his trademark candor can be cringe-inducingly un-P.C. … But it’s refreshing when he applies it to his agency's and his own successes and failures, and draws lessons from each." Deutsch is also Managing Partner of Deutsch Open City, the independent production company that has produced a string of highly acclaimed independent films. He also had a brief turn in politics as a lead member of the Clinton/Gore communications team in 1992.

A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Deutsch now serves on two prestigious boards: UPenn's School of Social Work's Executive Committee and the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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