Zhitong Finance App learned that since WPP (WPP.US) CEO Mark Read will retire at the end of this year, one of the world's largest advertising agency groups has begun searching for a successor. Read, 58, has been in charge of the British company for about 7 years and has been with the company for more than 30 years, according to a statement released on Monday.

Zhitong Finance App learned that since WPP (WPP.US) CEO Mark Read will retire at the end of this year, one of the world's largest advertising agency groups has begun searching for a successor. Read, 58, has been in charge of the British company for about 7 years and has been with the company for more than 30 years, according to a statement released on Monday.