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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivy Lee has received more than 394,855 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivy Lee is the 252nd most popular businessperson (up from 1,678th in 2019), the 2,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,106th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ivy Lee ranks 252 out of 601Before him are John Jacob Astor, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Ludvig Nobel, Marc Rich, Charles Pathé, and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. After him are Hans Riegel, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Frits Philips, Sergei Shchukin, Francesco Baracca, and Bill Hewlett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Ivy Lee ranks 65Before him are Edmund Landau, Max Factor, Vladimir Minorsky, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Oscar Milosz, and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, George Hackenschmidt, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Titta Ruffo, Isidora Sekulić, and Alfredo Guzzoni. Among people deceased in 1934, Ivy Lee ranks 68Before him are Oskar von Hutier, Erich Mühsam, Edmund Heines, Hakaru Hashimoto, John Collier, and Kate Sheppard. After him are Ferdinand von Bredow, Otakar Ševčík, Marie Dressler, Paul Gustav Fischer, Carlos Chagas, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 2,859 out of 18,182Before him are Ben Hecht (1893), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Kamehameha III (1814), Doyle Brunson (1933), Jim Thorpe (1887), and Robert Rossen (1908). After him are Zoe Saldana (1978), Charles Best (1899), Eddie Guerrero (1967), Marg Helgenberger (1958), David Ausubel (1918), and Henry Silva (1928).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 84Before him are Alice Walton (1949), Steve Fossett (1944), Katharine Graham (1917), David Packard (1912), John C. Bogle (1929), and Kirk Kerkorian (1917). After him are Bill Hewlett (1913), Rex Tillerson (1952), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Chris Gardner (1954).