Cindy Gallop

Lucinda Lee Gallop (born 1 February 1960) is an English advertising consultant, founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and founder of the IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn companies. According to the TED blog, Gallop's TEDTalk "Make Love Not Porn" was one of the "most talked about presentations" at the 2009 TED conference. She lives in New York City. She joined the London office of British advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 1989 and was responsible for large accounts like Coca-Cola, Ray-Ban, and Polaroid. She founded her own brand and business innovation consultancy, Cindy Gallop LLC, in 2006. She is known for her tagline: "I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business."

At the 2009 TED conference, Gallop launched the MakeLoveNotPorn web site in a 4-minute TEDTalk that the TED blog described as "one of the event's most talked about." MakeLoveNotPorn.TV launched in August 2012, a video sharing site designed "to make #realworldsex socially acceptable and socially shareable." Gallop stated previously that she also bought the domain MakeLoveNotPorn.Academy and that she hopes to raise enough money to turn the website into the "Khan Academy of sex education" Cindy Gallop speaking at Horasis China Meeting 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In January 2010, Gallop launched IfWeRanTheWorld, a web platform designed to turn good intentions into action, by allowing people, brands, and companies to easily perform, trade, and co-ordinate "microactions." Gallop is a professional public speaker in the areas of advertising, branding, and business strategy and has spoken at TED, the Association of National Advertisers conference, Web 2.0, ad:tech, and other conferences.

The black apartment

Gallop's unique black-themed New York apartment, designed by The Apartment creative agency, was a set for The Notorious B.I.G.'s music video "Nasty Girl." Her apartment has been profiled by Dwell, Apartment Therapy.com, The Selby and New York magazine, among many others.