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How to find who owns a company
Describe your company list or industry
Paste your target company list or name your industry, and Sculptor searches Clay's people database for the Owner at each company.
Sculptor sources and enriches each Owner row
Sculptor searches Clay's people database for the Owner tied to each company, then waterfalls through 150+ providers to find a verified email. Rows where the waterfall finds a match include a confirmed work email.
Get your table of Owner emails, ready to send
The finished table has company name and Owner email for matched rows. Push to Smartlead, Instantly, or your sequencer to trigger a campaign the moment a row lands.
Why Clay for finding who owns a company
Fuzzy title matching across every ownership variant
Get owner, founder, and CEO contacts matched to your company list in minutes. Clay's Find People filters by title keywords using fuzzy "is similar to" matching, so variations like "Co-Founder," "Managing Director," and "Principal" all surface in one pass.
Waterfall enrichment for verified owner emails
Get a verified email for matched owner rows. Clay waterfalls through 150+ providers in sequence, only charging credits when one returns a hit, routinely tripling coverage compared to a single provider.
Claygent verifies current ownership from the web
Confirm each identified owner is the current decision-maker before you reach out. Claygent browses each company's website and LinkedIn profile to flag stale or mismatched records, so your list stays accurate.
Push enriched owner rows to your sequencer
Send verified owner contacts straight to Smartlead, Instantly, or Outreach the moment a row is enriched. Clay's native sequencer integrations route each matched row without any manual export or CSV handling.
When one provider doesn’t have it, Clay automatically checks the next one. It really helps our inbound and outbound motions because we can leverage the best source of data. I’ve never seen a tool that was so easy to do this process.
Frequently asked questions
How does Sculptor find who owns a company?
Sculptor filters by job title (CEO, Owner, Founder), target industry, and region using Clay's Find People source, then builds a table of matching companies and their owners in one step. It runs each owner through a waterfall of email providers, including Prospeo, Hunter, and Datagma, and uses Claygent to verify the person is still the active owner before returning results.
How accurate are the owner emails Sculptor returns?
Clay tested 12 email finders across 1,075 SMB contacts and found top providers like Datagma (97.7%) and Hunter (97.6%) deliver above 96% confidence on SMB owner emails. Waterfall enrichment pushes overall coverage from roughly 30% with a single provider to 80% or higher by layering multiple sources in sequence. Claygent adds a live verification step to catch stale ownership data that static databases miss.
Can I find owners for a whole list of companies at once?
Yes. Paste a list of companies, upload a CSV, or pipe rows from an existing Clay table, and Sculptor processes every row through the same title filter, waterfall enrichment, and ownership verification steps. Finished rows export directly to HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive, or download as a CSV ready for outbound outreach.
Is it legal to collect company owner emails for outreach?
In the U.S., CAN-SPAM permits B2B cold email without prior consent as long as you include a valid physical address, honest subject lines, and a working unsubscribe link. In the EU, GDPR Article 6(1)(f) allows processing under legitimate interest when outreach is relevant to the recipient's role, but you must document your justification and honor opt-out requests promptly. CCPA may also apply when contacting California-based owners.
Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently, so always check the rules for your specific region before launching outreach.