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How to find company executives
Paste your target account list
Drop in your list of target companies, and Sculptor searches Clay's people database to find the CEO at each account.
Sculptor matches executives and enriches emails
Sculptor scans Clay's B2B contact data for CEOs at each company on your list, then waterfalls through 150+ providers to find a verified work email. Only matched rows get an email appended.
Get your CEO contact table, ready to send
The finished table has company name and, for rows the waterfall enriched, a verified CEO email. Push to Smartlead, Instantly, or your sequencer to trigger a campaign the moment a row lands.
Why Clay for finding company executives
Find executives by title, seniority, and experience
Target the right executive on every account using Clay's Find People filters: job title keywords, seniority, function, and current role duration. Scope results directly to your target account list so contacts stay linked to their parent company.
Waterfall enrichment across 150+ providers
Get a verified work email for matched executives. Clay waterfalls through 150+ providers in sequence and only charges credits when a provider returns a hit, giving you high match rates on common C-suite and VP titles.
Email gating flags catch-alls and role inboxes
Every verified row runs through email validation before it hits your sequencer, flagging catch-all domains and role-based addresses so only deliverable executive emails make the final list.
Claygent confirms and fills missing executive profiles
When a contact is missing from the database, Claygent browses LinkedIn and each company's site to confirm the current executive and extract their profile data, closing gaps the waterfall cannot fill.
Clay is a game changer for marketing, data, and operations. We have 3x our enrichment rate with Clay’s combination of data providers. Clay makes it easy to use AI for GTM initiatives, unlocking new workflows that were infeasible before.
Frequently asked questions
How does Sculptor find company executives?
Sculptor uses Clay's Find People source to search for executives matching your target industry or company list. It filters by exact title (e.g., VP of Sales), seniority level, and department, then runs a waterfall email enrichment across providers like Prospeo, Apollo, Hunter, and PeopleDataLabs to return a verified work email for each contact.
How accurate are the executive emails Sculptor returns?
Coverage typically lands between 30% and 80% depending on list size and segment. Clay's own benchmarks show top providers like Datagma and Hunter scoring above 96% confidence on SMB contacts, and waterfall enrichment routinely triples match rates compared to querying a single provider. Each step only fires when the previous one returns nothing, so you avoid duplicate lookups.
Can I find executives for a whole company list at once?
Yes. Paste a list of companies, upload a CSV, or pipe rows from an existing Clay table into Sculptor. It processes up to 50,000 results per search and enriches each row with company name and VP of Sales email. When the run finishes, push the entire list to HubSpot or Salesforce using a Create or Update action, or export as a CSV.
Is it legal to cold email executives I find this way?
In the U.S., the CAN-SPAM Act applies to all commercial email, including B2B. Every message must include a valid physical address, a clear unsubscribe link, and honest header and subject lines. Penalties reach $53,088 per non-compliant email. In the EU, GDPR Article 6(1)(f) allows B2B outreach under legitimate interest, but you must document your basis and honor opt-out requests promptly.
Laws vary by country and state, so always check the rules for your jurisdiction before launching outreach.