13 Facts About David Droga

David Droga was born on 1968 and in an Australian advertising executive and founder of the advertising agency Droga5.

Droga5 was acquired by Accenture Interactive in 2019 and Droga was named Chief Executive Officer in August, 2021.

David Droga grew up in Perisher Valley, a remote ski resort in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, the fifth of six children.

David Droga's mother was a Danish artist, poet and environmentalist, while his father was an Australian businessman of Polish descent.

David Droga attended early primary school at Jindabyne Central School and then the Tudor House School.

David Droga went to high school at The King's School in Paramatta, Sydney.

David Droga launched his advertising career as a copywriter at the Australian Writers and Art Directors School in 1987.

Six months after being hired by FCB as a copywriter, David Droga left the company and joined startup OMON in Sydney.

David Droga became a Partner and Executive Creative Director of OMON.

In 2000, Publicis Groupe acquired Saatchi and in 2004, David Droga was promoted to Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of the Publicis Network, which took him to New York City in 2005.

David Droga founded his own agency, David Droga5, in New York City in 2006.

The name David Droga5 comes from the number-coded laundry tag his mother sewed on his clothes to help differentiate his clothes from his brothers at boarding school.

In 2013, David Droga sold a minority stake in David Droga5 to William Morris Endeavor.