John Partilla, President, Time Warner Global Media Group and Senior Vice President, Time Warner
John Partilla was named President of Time Warner Global Media Group in June 2004.
Reporting to Jeff Bewkes, President & COO of Time Warner, Partilla leads the Global
Media Group in its mission to partner more effectively with major Time Warner
advertisers, and help drive the growth of advertising and marketing revenue across all of
Time Warner's businesses. In his tenure, Partilla has redefined the way Time Warner
assets are more strategically and creatively leveraged against client partners' strategic
priorities, leading to a growth in the partner roster and significantly increased revenue per
partner. Additionally, Partilla has grown advertising revenue for Time Warner's
international businesses by expanding U.S. programs globally.
Prior to overseeing the Global Media Group, Partilla was Founder & CEO of Brand
Buzz, a $100mm billing creative solutions agency within the WPP Group, which he
launched in January 2000. Additionally, he was EVP, Global Client Leader of Sony
Electronics for Y&R (a WPP agency), and elected to the Y&R Worldwide Advertising
Board in 2002.
Preceding his WPP roles, he managed a varied roster of client portfolios over his Y&R
tenure and from 1997-1999 led Y&R's global business development efforts, resulting in
over a billion dollars in topline revenue growth, and Y&R being recognized as the new
business industry leader during those years.
In 1998, based on his business development achievements, Partilla was selected as one of
Crain's “Top 40 Under 40," as one of New York's leading achievers across all industries.
In 2006, he was selected as a “Young Global Leader" of the World Economic Forum.
Outside of work, Partilla sits on a number of boards including The Advertising Club of
New York and the Second Stage Theatre Company. He is also actively involved with the
Paley Center for Media, and the media alumni community of Columbia Business School,
from which he holds an MBA.
He resides, with his family, on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
