[1] In 2020, The Stagwell Group announced plans to merge with its affiliate MDC Partners.

[3][4][5] Known partners include 72 and Sunny, Anomaly, Soner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Code and Theory, YML, Instrument, Locaria, Assembly, ForwardPMX, Gale, Allison+Partners, SKDK, HUNTER, Harris Poll, and NRG.

[6][7][8][5] Penn founded The Stagwell Group with a $250 million investment from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

[citation needed] In July 2022, Stagwell acquired Apollo Program, an AI-powered SaaS platform.

[15] [16] In 2023, Stagwell announced a partnership with political news and polling site RealClearPolitics for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.