John Patroulis

About John Patroulis

I am Chief Marketing Officer for Tools for Humanity, a technology startup founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania to ensure every human benefits from the age of AI. Our first project, World, is building a real human network to provide universally accessible identity, finance and community to make the benefits of AI accessible to all. It is currently across five continents, and growing.Before TFH I was a writer, creative leader and agency founder. Most recently I was Global Creative Chairman and President, Creative Business at Grey Group, after having first served four years as Worldwide Chief Creative Officer. During my time we won multiple awards in some of the industry’s most forward-facing categories, greatly diversified our leadership and output, and took honors like AdAge “Comeback Agency of the Year” and “Best Ads of the Decade.” Prior to Grey I was Chief Creative Officer at BBH NY, and within four years was promoted to be their first-ever Creative Chairman. During that time BBH New York was named to the Creativity A-List, I was named to the Adweek 50, and we grew the agency with integrated, multiple award-winning campaigns for clients like PlayStation, google, Netflix and Axe.Before that I co-founded two agency start-ups, agencytwofifteen (which became 215McCann) and T.A.G. There I helped lead the global Xbox business including Halo 3 “Believe”, which became the most awarded campaign of the decade. Before that I got my start as a writer and creative leader at TBWA\\Chiat\\Day, where I helped lead the global “Impossible is Nothing” campaign, propelling adidas to be named “Marketer of the Year” at Cannes.I have received multiple creative honors including the One Show “Best in Show,” the Grandy, the Grand Clio, the Grand Effie and several Cannes Grand Prix. I have served as Cannes Jury President, am a frequent speaker on creativity, and created and currently lead the Chief Creative Officer curriculum for the Audacious School of Astonishing Pursuits.

Experience

1. Chief Marketing Officer

   Tools For Humanity

   Nov 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US