McGarryBowen is an
advertising agency founded in 2002 by John McGarry, former president of
Young & Rubicam who until 2008 held roughly 90% of the company, Stewart Owen, former chief strategic officer of
Young & Rubicam, and Gordon Bowen, a former executive creative director at
Young & Rubicam and
Ogilvy & Mather. McGarryBowen was acquired for an undisclosed amount by
Dentsu in 2008. It currently has offices in New York, Chicago, London, Shanghai and Düsseldorf.