Who was David Ogilvy?
David Ogilvy, the “Father of Advertising,” is considered a genius and a pioneer in his field. His success has inspired many people to want to work in the field of advertising. His book Confessions of an Advertising Man is a best seller that has been translated into 14 different languages and has sold over a million copies worldwide. David Ogilvy is probably the most famous copywriter of all time. He is responsible for creating one of the largest and most successful advertising agencies, Ogilvy and Mather, as well as some of the world’s most successful advertising campaigns. Born 23 June, 1911 in West Horsley England to an Irish mother and a Scottish father, David Ogilvy received a scholarship to Oxford but “made a botch” of it as he confesses in Confessions of an Advertising Man. As a young man, David Ogilvy had no clear direction and dabbled as a chef in Paris, a social worker on the streets of Edinburgh, an assistant in the British Intelligence, and a farmer in a Pennsylvania Amish c
