EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related prospectus of The Interpublic
Group of Companies, Inc. ("the Company") for the registration of shares of its
common stock, and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
March 13, 1998, on the consolidated financial statements of Hill, Holliday,
Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. and subsidiaries for the twelve month period ended
December 31, 1997, included (not presented separately) in (a) the consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997
included in its 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders and incorporated by reference
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference and, (b) the supplemental consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997,
included in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 5, 2001, of the
Company, incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
January 5, 2001
