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Ivy Lee

1877 - 1934

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Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 – November 9, 1934) was an American publicity expert and a founder of modern public relations. Lee is best known for his public relations work with the Rockefeller Family. His first major client was the Pennsylvania Railroad, followed by numerous major railroads such as the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Harriman lines such as the Union Pacific. He established the Association of Railroad Executives, which included providing public relations services to the industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivy Lee is the 417th most popular businessperson (down from 266th in 2019), the 5,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,931st in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Ivy Lee ranks 417 out of 847. Before him are John Elkann, Emil Rathenau, Reed Hastings, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Gustav Wiederkehr, and Lawrence Stroll. After him are Stafford Beer, Frédéric Vasseur, Jim Walton, David Geffen, Choi Soon-sil, and John Munro Longyear.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Ivy Lee ranks 110. Before him are Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Luigi Maglione, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Giuseppe Volpi, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, and Filippos Karvelas. After him are Elin Pelin, Victor Willems, Buddy Bolden, Henri Hazebrouck, Yan Huiqing, and James Montgomery Flagg. Among people deceased in 1934, Ivy Lee ranks 99. Before him are Gertrude Käsebier, Jules Renkin, Karl von Einem, Gustave Lanson, Alimardan Topchubashov, and Nathaniel Lord Britton. After him are Giovanni Brunero, Kim Sowol, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Safvet-beg Bašagić, and Franz Ehrle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 5,400 out of 20,380. Before him are Marilyn Burns (1949), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Daniel Kinsey (1902), Lobo (1943), Bryan Singer (1965), and Helen Churchill Candee (1858). After him are Judge Reinhold (1957), Gavin O'Connor (1963), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Ray Brown (1926), and Dee Snider (1955).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 133. Before him are Roy E. Disney (1930), Allen Klein (1931), Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), and Reed Hastings (1960). After him are Jim Walton (1948), David Geffen (1943), John Munro Longyear (1850), Clayton Christensen (1952), William R. Orthwein (1881), and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951).

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