Andy Berlin and Adoption

Biography

1950-

American advertising executive and entrepreneur

Berlin was adopted as a baby and grew up in a loving family in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Nevertheless, he felt different from others, even fantasizing that his birth parents were Martians. He started out as a copywriter for Ogilvy & Mather, but went on to establish other independent advertising agencies and also to work for other agencies in an unusually varied career. In 2002 his Berlin, Cameron & Partners agency was bought by WPP Group as part of their new subsidiary, Red Cell, of which he went on to be a co-chief executive and chief creative officer. BCP's clients included Coca-Cola, General Motors, the National Basketball Association, Reebok, Ralston Purina, Black and Decker, the Prudential, the Washington Post, Nikon, and the NBC.

References

Dottie, Enrico. "Roots of Ambition: Famous Businessmen Who Were Adopted." Available at: www.parentsplace.com/fertility/adoptioncentral/articles/0,10335,252436_252916,00.html . Originally published in USA Today, 5 September 1997 Fass, Alison. "Berlin's Career in Advertising Takes Another Turn." Available at: adtimes.nstp.com.my/archive/2002/jan9.htm