Connor Blakley used to tell America’s biggest brands what Gen Z wanted. He’s no longer waiting for them to listen
Mark Smucker probably should have taken the meeting. In 2018, Connor Blakley, then 18, mailed a handwritten letter to the CEO of J.M. Smucker Co., the fifth generation of the Smucker family to lead the business. Blakley was pitching the services of his Gen Z marketing consult

<p>Mark Smucker probably should have taken the meeting.
In 2018, Connor Blakley, then 18, mailed a handwritten letter to the CEO of J.M. Smucker Co., the fifth generation of the Smucker family to lead the business.
Blakley was pitching the services of his Gen Z marketing consult</p>