# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-wells-lawrence
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:45.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-wells-lawrence"
name: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
slug: "mary-wells-lawrence"
description: "Mary Georgene Wells Lawrence was an American advertising executive. She was the founding president of Wells, Rich, Greene, an advertising agency known for its creative work. She was the first female CEO of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Wells Lawrence was awarded the Lion of St. Mark for her lifetime achievements at the 2020 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity."
tagline: "American businesswoman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1969_Wells_Rich_Greene_File_Photo_of_Mary_Wells_Lawrence_at_her_desk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1928-05-25"
deathDate: "2024-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.38
  momentum:             25
  historical:           8.238710666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماري ولز لورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Лоуренс, Мэри Уэллс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells_Lawrence"
    title: "Mary Wells Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump