Virgin Mobile
Let’s get it off the table: you may have noticed a number of telecommunications companies on this list, and that’s because they know a thing or two about advertising. In 2012, Virgin Mobile cast the eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt to star in a creative commercial, in the role of Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Media group.
Bolt looks noting like Branson, of course, but he put on his iconic goatee and nailed the part. The idea behind casting the world’s greatest sprinter is to let the customers know their internet is as fast as Usian Bolt – and that’s as fast as it gets.