Present:
At 5W Public Relations, we continue to set our sights on the present and future, and strive to be the hardest working and most results oriented public relations agency. We are currently ranked the 13th largest independent PR firm in the U.S. with revenues exceeding $11 Million.
July 2010:
Donald J. Pliner, the iconic footwear & accessory brand, and SAE Institute, the world’s foremost audio engineering, animation, multimedia and film training institute hire 5WPR as PR firm of record.
April 2010:
Ronn Torossian, CEO & Founder of 5WPR was selected as a Semi-Finalist for the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, New York region.
January 1, 2010:
BornFree, the BPA free baby company, and Philip Stein watches choose 5WPR for
Public Relations initiatives.
September 2009:
5WPR hired as PR agency of record by Delivery.com, a Cantor
Fitzgerald business unit, and EL AL Airlines on all
public relations initiatives.
July 2009:
5WPR makes significant employee hires in the agencies' healthcare practice, due to addition
of two clients: Kinray, the largest privately-held pharmaceutical wholesale distributor in the
U.S., and Cinergy Health, one of America's largest private health insurance
solution companies.
April 2009:
2009 Forbes 400 list released of richest people in the world. 5WPR currently serves as PR
agency of record for 2 of the 400 richest people in the world.
November 2008:
5W Public Relations is re-hired for the 2nd year as PR Agency of Record to direct PR
activities and media relations for the 29th year of Licensing International Expo, the leading
trade show serving the estimated $191 Billion licensing industry.
May 2008:
5W Public Relations is hired by Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment.
March 2008:
5W Public Relations signs IHOP and Loews Regency as the newest clients in the firm's expanding
roster of top-tier restaurant & hospitality clients, which includes The Rink at Rockefeller Center,
The Patina Restaurant Group, and Philippe.
January 2008:
5W Public Relations for the second consecutive year dominates events at the Sundance Film Festival with 5WPR celebrity PR events attracting Paris & Nicky Hilton, Mary Kate Olsen, as well as others.
December 2007:
5W Public Relations moves offices for the 4th time in 5 years due to rapid growth, now occupying 22,000 square feet in a Class A Building in Midtown Manhattan. The company now has 90 employees (between NY & LA).
July 2007:
5W Public Relations is hired by Microsoft and XM Radio to handle public relations.
January 1, 2007:
5W Public Relations scores a three-peat with Fastest Growing PR Agency in the U.S. honors and officially breaks into the Top 25 list of independent firms. The company celebrates with the hiring of its 75th employee (between NY & LA).
August 2006:
Ronn Torossian is named to Advertising Age's coveted 40 under 40 list. Torossian is the only CEO of a PR agency named to this list.
July 2006:
5W Public Relations wins a major hospitality client, The Patina Restaurant Group, which is the nation's leading multi-concept restaurant and food service operator in the premium segment.
January 1, 2006:
For the second consecutive year, 5W Public Relations is named the Fastest Growing PR Firm in the
United States. The public relations agency hires its 50th employee.
December 2005:
5W Public Relations' news segment wins an Emmy for Outstanding Interpretation or Analysis of a Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its CBS Sunday Morning News segment on client Wolfgang's Vault.
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November 2005:
5W Public Relations handles all media for the Groundbreaking Ceremony on the National Mall in Washington DC for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Foundation. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-President awarded a 4-acre memorial plot on the National Mall.
September 2005:
5W Public Relations signs a fashion retail giant, The United Retail Group which is the holding
company for AVENUE, one of the largest plus-size clothing brands in the United States.
The company operates over 500 Avenue retail stores, as well as Avenue.com.
June 2005:
5W Public Relations expands westward with the launch of 5W Public Relations' Los Angeles office.
February 2005:
Founder, Ronn Torossian is featured in a two-page article by the New York Times.
January 1, 2005:
5W Public Relations is named the Fastest Growing PR Firm in United States, and wins Boutique
PR Agency of the Year honors from the Holmes Report. The company now employs 30 full-time
staffers and again relocates to a midtown 10,000+ square foot office to accommodate its continued
growth in both clients and employees.
January 1, 2004:
5W Public Relations hires its twelfth employee and due to rapid expansion moves into new offices in Midtown Manhattan. The PR firm celebrates the move by signing its first government account - The Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
January 1, 2003:
5W Public Relations was founded by entrepreneur Ronn Torossian. The Public Relations firm consisted of one intern, Christine Garabedian, who is still an employee of 5WPR in a small, 400 square foot, rooftop office with three clients.