CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

As independent  public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on August 25,  2000) and the  following  Registration
Statements  on  Form  S-8 of The  Interpublic  Group  of  Companies,  Inc.  (the
"Company"),  of  our  report  dated  February  25,  2000,  with  respect  to the
consolidated financial statements of NFO Worldwide,  Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December  31, 1999 and 1998,  and for each of the years in the three year period
ended  December 31,  1999,  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;   and  Registration   Statement  No.  33-42675  relating  to  the  1997
Performance  Incentive Plan of the Company.  It should be noted that we have not
audited any financial  statements of NFO Worldwide,  Inc. subsequent to December
31, 1999 or performed any audit procedures subsequent to the date of our report.




Arthur Andersen LLP
New York, New York

September 8, 2000