Richard Edelman President and Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Richard Edelman is the president and CEO of the world's largest independent public relations firm. Edelman was most recently named "PR Agency of the Year 2009," "Large Agency of the Year 2009" by PRWeek for the third year in a row, "Agency A-List 2008" by Ad Age and "2007 Global Agency of the Year" by the Holmes Report. Richard's blog, 6 A.M., which launched in September 2004, receives more than 2,000 visitors a day. Richard Edelman was named president and CEO in September 1996. Prior to that, he served as president of Edelman's U.S. operations, regional manager of Europe and manager of the firm's New York office. Richard was named the "Most Powerful PR Executive" by PR Week in October 2008, for the second year in a row, and "Agency Executive of the Year" by AdAge in January 2008.