Ed Eskandarian - Operating Partner
Before starting his career in advertising, Ed was an engineer working for GE's Missile and Space Division. But upon entering Harvard Business School, he became fascinated with consumer marketing, and after graduation started his career in advertising in New York, working on P&G's packaged goods business.
He ultimately moved to Boston to become CEO of HBM/Creamer, a top 20 US agency, which he sold to London-based WCRS in 1986. In 1990, Ed left HBM/Creamer and purchased Arnold & Company, a small Boston-based advertising agency. Over the next ten years, Arnold grew from the country's 130th ranked agency by size to the 15th largest. His business card declares, "Advertising isn't rocket science; I should know, I was a rocket scientist."
Ed sold Arnold to Snyder communications in 1998, which subsequently was sold itself to Havas, a Paris-based advertising communications group.
Ed continues as Chairman of Arnold Worldwide with over $1billion in billings, serving such prestigious clients as McDonald's, Volvo, Progressive Insurance and Titleist.
He is director of Arnold Worldwide, Engine Group Ltd in London, and Lighthouse Publications.
Ed serves as a member of the board of the state-funded Children's Trust Fund, and is a trustee of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the University of Richmond.
Ed has been married to his wife, Nancy, for 45 years and has three children and four grandchildren.