Stanley Rapp

Stanley "Stan" Rapp (born July 26, ? in the Bronx, New York) is a marketing and advertising professional.^[1] Together with his then-partner, Tom Collins, he co-founded and served as chief executive officer of Rapp & Collins (today rebranded as Rapp^[2]), for 23 years.^[3]

Rapp was also chief executive officer of McCann Relationship Marketing, MRM Worldwide, Inc. since 1997, and an Advisor of Advertising & Marketing Communications at TMX Communications Inc.^[4] He has been recognized by Ad Age magazine as one of the “101 individuals who shaped advertising in the 20th Century”^[1] and was elected to the Direct Marketing Association Hall of Fame.^[5] Direct Marketing magazine also named him one of its “industry legends” and he is one of only two recipients of the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation's Vision Award.^[1]