Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Merger Market Adverts

These images where used in adverts for the merger and aquisition company Merger Market in 2007. They were published on the front cover of the Financial Times.

Napoleon, Ceasar and Nixon were published but unfortunately they decided against using the advert featuring Nick Leeson. He is the only character who is still alive and Merger Market were concerned that he might sue.

The aim of the adverts was to show historical figures who had made big mistakes that had drastic consequences, the suggestion being that if you used Merger Market as a source of information you could avoid making similarly disasterous mistakes with your business.


Napoleon Bonaparte




Julius Ceasar




Richard Nixon




Nick Leeson (unpublished)

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