Tag: Dentsu Aegis Network

Neal Sharma, DEG exit

DEG execs reflect on $100M+ exit: Join an armada before success puts a target on your back

By Tommy Felts / March 7, 2019

Riding into battle solo won’t help a company win the war that is business, Neal Sharma told a crowd of ACG Kansas City members gathered to hear details behind the exit of homegrown marketing giant DEG. “One of the things we realized three years ago — about DEG — is it was a completely successful, self…

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Dale Hazlett, chief financial officer and principal, DEG; Neal Sharma, chief executive and principal, DEG; Jean Lin, Isobar Global CEO; Deb Boyda, Isobar U.S. CEO; and Jeff Eden, chief revenue officer and principal, DEG

WSJ report: Overland Park-based DEG posts $150M exit in deal with Japanese ad behemoth

By Tommy Felts / December 18, 2018

Top-tier Kansas City digital agency DEG will provide a global advertising giant with an opening into the U.S. market, as well as push the locally-headquartered firm’s reach international, the companies said Tuesday. Dentsu Aegis Network announced the acquisition of Digital Evolution Group (DEG) as part of an effort to transform its existing creative hub, Isobar.…

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