“I had a job lined up as an assistant brand manager at Playtex, at age 23, all lined up. But my father had an offer to be acquired by DDB in 1978. He said, 'I'd really like you to come into the business for a year.'”

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.