| John Orr Young | |
| Birth Date: | 25 June 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Leon, Iowa[1] |
| Death Place: | Southbury, Connecticut[2] |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Founder of Young & Rubicam |
| Occupation: | Advertising |
| Children: | 3 |
John Orr Young (June 25, 1886 – May 1, 1976) was an American advertiser who, with Raymond Rubicam, founded the Young & Rubicam advertising agency.
His first job in advertising was at the Salt Lake City Tribune in 1909; in 1910, he joined Lord & Thomas, and in 1913, he was hired by Procter & Gamble to manage advertising for Crisco.[1]
In 1918, he worked at the Armstrong agency in Chicago, where he shared an office with Raymond Rubicam. In 1921, he worked at N. W. Ayer & Son, where Rubicam was again his coworker.[3] In 1923, Rubicam was denied a promotion to partner, and he and Young left Ayer to found their own agency.[4]
In 1927, Young left the firm of Young & Rubicam,[5] and in 1934 he retired from advertising.[6]
In 1940, Young worked for Wendell Willkie's unsuccessful presidential campaign.[7] In the aftermath of the Second World War, he corresponded with Dwight Eisenhower regarding Eisenhower's presidential campaign,[8] and is credited with beginning the "Draft Eisenhower" movement.[9]
In 1949, Harper and Brothers published his book Adventures in Advertising.
Young was the great-grandfather of director and producer Cynthia Wade.[10]