Ranjan Kapur from 1942 to 2018: Goodbye, advertising's gentleman

An astute advertising professional, he took Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) India to the number one position after coming on board as managing director in 1994

Ranjan Kapur was not only among the doyens of Indian advertising, but also a great conversationalist, painter, writer, and thorough gentleman. Among leading figures of the advertising industry to have died in the past few years — a list that includes veterans like Mike Khanna of JWT (2015) and AG Krishnamurthy of Mudra (2016) — Kapur continued as WPP India chairman until his death. 

He was as an astute advertising professional, credited for taking Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) India to the number one position after coming on board as managing director in 1994.

Kapur, the erstwhile country manager of WPP, who handed