Preston Martin Charles Rabl (born January 1949) is a British investment banker, stockbroker and co-founder, with

Martin Sorrell Sir Martin Stuart Sorrell (born 14 February 1945) is a British businessman and the founder of WPP plc, the world's largest advertising and PR group, both by revenue and the number of staff. Sorrell was the longest-serving chief executive of a ...

, of WPP, the world's largest advertising company.

Life

Rabl began his career as an investment banker, then

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, in the

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. Rabl has been a friend and business partner of

. Together, they founder the advertising and public relations company WPP in 1971. Rabl is a major investor in advertising, technology and investment companies. Rabl has also been a partner of

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and

Maurice Saatchi Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi (; born 21 June 1946) is a British businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. Early life Maurice Saatchi is the third of four sons ...

. In 1983 Rabl married Sara Gillian Kirkpatrick, and they have three children.

References

1949 births Living people British people of Czech-Jewish descent British stockbrokers British financiers British investors British investment bankers British bankers {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub