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How to find a company owner
Describe the industry you want to target
Describe your target market or industry, and Sculptor searches Clay's people database for matching owners and founders.
Sculptor sources contacts and verifies owner emails
Sculptor scans Clay's B2B contact data for owners and founders filtered to your target market, then waterfalls through 150+ providers to find a verified work email. Only rows where the waterfall finds a match get an email.
Your table shows company name and owner email
The finished table has company name and, for matched rows, a verified Owner email. Push to Smartlead, Instantly, or your sequencer to trigger a campaign the moment a row lands.
Why Clay for finding a company owner
Filter by title, industry, and location instantly
Get a focused list of owners and founders in your exact target market. Clay's Find People lets you filter by title keywords like "owner" or "founder," industry, seniority, and location in one pass.
Claygent reads each site to confirm the right owner
Know you have the actual decision-maker before enriching. Claygent browses each company's website and public profiles to verify the current owner, flagging rows where ownership is ambiguous.
Waterfall enrichment finds verified owner emails
Get a verified work email for matched rows. Clay waterfalls through 150+ providers in sequence, charging credits only when a provider returns a hit, so coverage lifts well beyond any single source.
Push verified contacts to Smartlead or Salesforce
Send owner contacts directly to your sequencer or CRM the moment a row is verified. Clay pushes finished rows to Smartlead, Instantly, Outreach, HubSpot, or Salesforce in minutes, no manual export needed.
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 a company owner?
Sculptor takes your target industry or region, like "landscaping companies in Phoenix," and searches for matching business owners using Clay's Find People filters set to owner and founder titles. It then runs the SMB waterfall enrichment across up to 12 contact-data providers in sequence to locate a verified email for each owner. Every row returns company name and owner email, ready for outbound.
How accurate are the owner emails Sculptor finds?
Clay tested 12 email providers across 1,075 SMB contacts, and seven scored above 96% confidence, with the top provider reaching 97.70%. Waterfall enrichment pushes overall coverage from roughly 30% with a single provider to 80% or higher by querying multiple sources in sequence. Each email is verified before it lands in your table, so you get high deliverability out of the box.
Can I find company owners in bulk for a whole list?
Yes. Paste a list of industries or regions directly into Sculptor, upload a CSV of company names, or pipe an existing Clay table into the workflow. Sculptor processes every row through the same waterfall enrichment and returns company name plus owner email for each. From there, sync your results to HubSpot or Salesforce, or export as a CSV for your outbound sequences.
Is it legal to cold email business owners I find?
In the U.S., the CAN-SPAM Act permits cold B2B email but requires accurate sender info, a working unsubscribe link, a valid physical address, and opt-out processing within 10 business days. Penalties reach up to $53,088 per non-compliant email. If you contact owners in the EU or UK, GDPR Article 6(1)(f) allows outreach under a legitimate interest basis, but you must document your rationale and honor data-subject requests.
Always check the rules for your jurisdiction before launching outreach.