HOWARD RUBENSTEINHOWARD RUBENSTEIN
Public Relations

At a very young age, I found that I had some artistic talent, so my parents sent me to classes. Then in high school, I entered a contest sponsored by Macy’s to illustrate Lord Byron’s poem “The Prisoner of Chillon.” I ended up winning a scholarship for it and went on to write and illustrate a sports column for the University of Pennsylvania’s Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper — the circulation was fifty or sixty thousand! Because I was exposed to the arts as a child, I’ve always valued my ability to draw even if I’m just sitting on the phone doodling. My penchant for art and design has also helped me in my business, and throughout the year I draw a birthday card for each of my employees – all 200 of them.


Howard J. Rubenstein is the president and founder of Rubenstein Associates, Inc., one of the largest public relations firms in the world. He has worked in PR for over 50 years and, in that time, has counseled some of the world’s most influential individuals, organizations and corporations. His diverse list of clientele include the New York Philharmonic, MOMA, Pfizer Inc., Panasonic, Walt Disney Co., Time Inc. and the New York Yankees.

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