Roy Spence
{{Short description|American advertising executive}}
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Roy Spence (born October 10, 1948) is the chairman and co-founder{{cite web|last1=Swiatecki|first1=Chad|title=Roy Spence focused on life with purpose in post-GSD&M career|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/creative/2015/01/roy-spence-focused-on-life-with-purpose-in-post.html|website=Austin Business Journal|access-date=22 April 2015}} of the advertising agency GSD&M, and an author.
Early life
Spence was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Roy Milam Spence Sr. and Ruth Griffin. He attended Brownwood High School, where he was a member of the 1965 Class 3A state championship football team. He then went on to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin, and went on to found GSD&M in 1971.[http://www.hoovers.com/gsd&m-idea-city/--ID__52465--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml GSD&M Idea City LLC Company profile] Hoover’s executive summary
Awards
In 2004, Roy Spence received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Texas.{{cite web|author=P. Kelly Smith|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/4146111-1.html |title=Eyes of Texas Grads Are Upon Spence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201232320/http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/4146111-1.html|archive-date=2009-12-01|work=Adweek|date= September 28, 2004}}
Publications
In 2006, the University of Texas Press published Spence's book The Amazing Faith of Texas.[http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/speama.html The Amazing Faith of Texas; Common Ground on Higher Ground] University of Texas Press, 2006
In 2009, Spence, along with Haley Rushing, authored It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For, a book about purpose-based brand management.{{cite book|last1=Spence Jr|first1=Roy M|last2=Rushing|first2=Haley|title=It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose|year=2009|publisher=Portfolio Hardcover|isbn=978-1-59184-241-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/itsnotwhatyousel0000spen}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last1=Spence|first1=Roy|last2=McClure | first2=Tim|title=Don't Mess with Texas: The Story Behind the Legend|year=2006|publisher=Idea City Press|isbn=978-0-9722825-1-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Spence|first=Roy M.|title=The Amazing Faith of Texas: Common Ground on Higher Ground|year=2006|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-72176-0}}
- {{cite book|last1=Spence Jr.|first1=Roy M.|last2=Rushing|first2=Haley|title=It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose|year=2009|publisher=Portfolio Hardcover|isbn=978-1-59184-241-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/itsnotwhatyousel0000spen}}
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Category:American business writers
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni