O. Bruton Smith living
Billionaire, NASCAR racetracks, CEO of Speedway Motorsports, promoter, marketer
1927- (98)
speedwaymotorsports.com
David Ogilvy
marketer aka the father of branding, copwrighter, pioneer in advertising, co-founder of Ogilvy & Mather
1911-1999 (88)
britannica.com
E. St. Elmo Lewis
marketer, pioneer in advertising, inventor of the AIDA model or traditional sales funnel in 1898
1872-1948 (76)
Lester Wunderman
marketer at Yoyodyne (Yahoo!), pioneer in the measurement of direct marketing
Seth Godin
marketer, pioneer in branding, founder of Yoyodyne (Yahoo!), bestselling author of This Is Marketing, Linchpin, Meatball Sundae, Small Is The New Big
Tristan Tate
sales coaching, marketer, socialite, brother of Andrew Tate, webcams operator, educator at The Real World Education
therealworldeducation.com
William Caxton
Earliest marketer known, pioneer in advertising in 1468, came up with the first ad for a book to be printed on the Gutenberg press