Director Shareholding

WPP Group PLC
14 May 2001




                                ANNOUNCEMENT

                        WPP GROUP PLC ('the Company')

WPP Group plc has been informed on the 11th May 2001 that Esther Dyson, a non
executive director of the Company, has purchased 5,000 ordinary shares of 10p
each in WPP Group plc at a price of $12.086 per share on 4th May 2001.



14th May 2001