Ted Bates (executive)
Theodore Lewis Bates (September 11, 1901 – May 30, 1972) was an American advertising executive who founded a worldwide advertising agency that bears his name: Ted Bates Inc.
Ted Bates
Biography[edit]
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Bates attended Phillips-Andover Academy, then graduated from Yale University in 1924. While at Yale he joined Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He founded Ted Bates & Co. in 1940, which evolved into the 21st-century advertising agency Bates 141. His company launched in Asia in the early 1960s after acquiring a stake in Cathay Advertising from George Patterson, an Australian advertising executive. Cathay Advertising was used by Bates as a vehicle to drive expansion in the region so that by the late 1960s, Ted Bates Inc. was operating in Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Bates died on May 30, 1972; services were held at St. James' Episcopal Church in Manhattan.[7]