“Edelman diversified into public affairs in the late '60s with important programs for the Concorde SST, gaining landing rights at JFK Airport in New York, and in the late '70s generating public approval for the building of the very stark Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Washington, D.C., from a design by the very young architect Maya Lin.”

American businessman

Richard Winston Edelman is an American businessman best known for leading Edelman, the public relations company founded by his father. In 1996, he became the firm’s president and chief executive officer. He is associated with the management and growth of one of the best-known names in public relations. His public remarks tend to reflect business leadership, communications, and the work of building and sustaining a major family-founded company.