CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-3 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on
August 25, 2000 and Form S-8 of The  Interpublic  Group of Companies,  Inc. (the
"Company"),  of our report dated February 22, 2000, except for Note 15, which is
as of  July  13,  2000  which  appears  in this  Current  Report  on  Form  8-K;
Registration  Statements No. 2-79071; No. 2-43811; No. 2-56269; No. 2-61346; No.
2-64338;  No. 2-67560;  No. 2-72093;  No. 2-88165; No. 2-90878; No. 2-97440; and
No.  33-28143,  relating  variously to the Stock  Option Plan (1971),  the Stock
Option Plan (1981), the Stock Option Plan (1988) and the Achievement Stock Award
Plan of the Company;  Registration  Statements No.  2-53544;  No.  2-91564;  No.
2-98324; No. 33-22008; No. 33-64062; and No. 33-61371, relating variously to the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (1975), the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (1985) and
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Company (1995);  Registration Statements
No. 33-20291 and No. 33-2830 relating to the Management  Incentive  Compensation
Plan of the Company;  Registration  Statements No. 33-5352;  No.  33-21605;  No.
333-4747;  and No. 333-23603 relating to the 1986 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1986
United  Kingdom  Stock  Option  Plan and the 1996  Stock  Incentive  Plan of the
Company;  Registration  Statements No. 33-10087 and No. 33-25555 relating to the
Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan of the Company;  Registration Statement No.
333-28029 relating to The Interpublic Outside Directors' Stock Incentive Plan of
the  Company;   Registration   Statement  No.  33-42675  relating  to  the  1997
Performance  Incentive Plan of the Company. We also consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report on the  Consolidated  Financial  Statement  Schedule,
which appears in this Form 8-K.



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York

September 8, 2000