Henry Mayers, the grandfather of current Chairman and CEO Mark Davis, founded what is now known as Davis Elen Advertising in 1948. Henry was a printer by trade and a sharp-tongued cartoonist at heart. He was also an advertising man. He was fast, and he was good, earning the agency a reputation for the effective work that it still holds today.

Over the years, we have been known as Davis, Johnson, Mogul & Colombatto, Davis Ball & Colombatto, and most recently as Davis Elen, but the agency has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. We are not part of a publicly traded conglomerate. We answer only to our clients, not an office in New York, and have done so for over sixty-two years.

Today, Davis Elen stands as one of the largest privately-held, independent agencies in the country, with $200 million in annual billings. We have offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Portland. Our digital arm, Davis Elen Interactive, is headquartered in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is also the home of our subsidiary Hispanic advertising group, Castells & Asociados.


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