CEO email list: 49,666 US CEOs, free to download
49,666 U.S. CEOs in Datacircle's free 10M+ U.S. dataset have an email or a mobile phone: 32,671 with an email, 41,176 with a mobile, 24,181 with both. They work at companies of 11 to 500 employees, by the current job title on their LinkedIn profile, in our October 2026 release.
One download, free with a work email; the list is one query on it. Below, the CEOs counted by state, industry and company size, with their titles as written. People are counted here, never named.
Download the CEO email list
Sign up with your work email: the 10M+ U.S. dataset is on your dashboard, one zip of two Parquet files. Unzip it into a folder named us_10m, then run this in Python (pip install duckdb). It writes the 49,666 CEOs with an email or a mobile to a CSV, each with their company, its website, industry and size, and their LinkedIn URL:
import duckdb
duckdb.sql(r"""
copy (
select p.FULL_NAME, p.CURRENT_JOB_TITLE, c.NAME as COMPANY, c.URL as WEBSITE, c.LINKEDIN_INDUSTRY as INDUSTRY,
c.EMPLOYEE_COUNT_RANGE as EMPLOYEES, p.EMAIL, p.MOBILE_PHONE, p.CITY, p.STATE_CODE, p.LINKEDIN_URL
from 'us_10m/us_smb_mid_market_persons.parquet' p
join 'us_10m/us_smb_mid_market_companies.parquet' c on c.LINKEDIN_ID = p.CURRENT_JOB_COMPANY_LINKEDIN_ID
where regexp_matches(p.CURRENT_JOB_TITLE, '\b(ceo|chief executive officer)\b', 'i')
and not regexp_matches(p.CURRENT_JOB_TITLE, '\bassistant\b.*\b(to|for)\b|\bexecutive assistant\b', 'i')
and (p.EMAIL is not null or p.MOBILE_PHONE is not null)
) to 'us_ceo.csv'
""")The pattern takes a title as written on LinkedIn, in any letter case, and the second one leaves out the titles it shouldn't take. To cut it by state, add and p.STATE_CODE = 'CA'; by size, and c.EMPLOYEE_COUNT_RANGE = '11-50'. Every column of the file and its fill rate: the free US B2B leads dataset.
Their titles, as written on LinkedIn
The titles the most CEOs of the list hold, word for word. Titles held by fewer than 10 people aren't shown.
| Title | People |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | 14,694 |
| CEO | 11,602 |
| President & CEO | 2,403 |
| President CEO | 2,323 |
| Founder & CEO | 1,726 |
| President and CEO | 1,467 |
| Founder and CEO | 960 |
| Founder CEO | 729 |
| Co-founder & CEO | 659 |
| CEO President | 418 |
US CEOs by state
By the state on their LinkedIn profile. California holds 17.5% of them, Texas 9.0%.
| State | With an email or a mobile | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 8,695 | 17.5% |
| Texas | 4,477 | 9.0% |
| Florida | 4,399 | 8.9% |
| New York | 4,121 | 8.3% |
| Illinois | 1,671 | 3.4% |
| Georgia | 1,630 | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,416 | 2.9% |
| Ohio | 1,412 | 2.8% |
| North Carolina | 1,279 | 2.6% |
| Michigan | 1,261 | 2.5% |
| Massachusetts | 1,243 | 2.5% |
| New Jersey | 1,220 | 2.5% |
| Colorado | 1,205 | 2.4% |
| Virginia | 1,205 | 2.4% |
| Arizona | 1,054 | 2.1% |
| Washington | 1,046 | 2.1% |
| Minnesota | 952 | 1.9% |
| Tennessee | 855 | 1.7% |
| Maryland | 829 | 1.7% |
| Utah | 750 | 1.5% |
| Indiana | 646 | 1.3% |
| Wisconsin | 640 | 1.3% |
| Missouri | 624 | 1.3% |
| Oregon | 608 | 1.2% |
| District of Columbia | 578 | 1.2% |
| South Carolina | 510 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | 488 | 1.0% |
| Nevada | 486 | 1.0% |
| Alabama | 472 | 1.0% |
| Oklahoma | 389 | 0.8% |
| Kansas | 382 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | 366 | 0.7% |
| Kentucky | 340 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | 337 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | 227 | 0.5% |
| Arkansas | 212 | 0.4% |
| Idaho | 199 | 0.4% |
| New Hampshire | 184 | 0.4% |
| New Mexico | 146 | 0.3% |
| Maine | 144 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | 123 | 0.2% |
| Montana | 119 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | 111 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | 105 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | 98 | 0.2% |
| South Dakota | 85 | 0.2% |
| Wyoming | 75 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | 70 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | 70 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | 63 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | 49 | 0.1% |
US CEOs by industry
By their company's industry on LinkedIn, the 10 largest. Construction comes first, with 5.9% of them.
| Industry | With an email or a mobile |
|---|---|
| Construction | 2,945 |
| Software Development | 2,741 |
| Financial Services | 2,222 |
| IT Services and IT Consulting | 2,153 |
| Hospitals and Health Care | 1,821 |
| Real Estate | 1,797 |
| Advertising Services | 1,722 |
| Business Consulting and Services | 1,222 |
| Technology, Information and Internet | 1,007 |
| Insurance | 887 |
US CEOs by company size
By the employee range on their company's LinkedIn page. The free file holds companies of 11 to 500 employees. The 50M+ dataset holds every size: 223,205 CEOs, 76,211 with an email and 109,646 with a mobile. It unlocks once 3 people you invited sign up.
| Employees | With an email or a mobile | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 11-50 | 30,500 | 61.4% |
| 51-200 | 14,460 | 29.1% |
| 201-500 | 4,706 | 9.5% |
How recent the emails are
Each email in the file comes with EMAIL_VALIDATED_AT, the date it was last verified: 32,470 of the 32,671 emails of these CEOs (99.4%) were last verified on or after August 1, 2026. A person's job as it is today, their title and company, is the LinkedIn profile behind their URL: the LinkedIn profile API, $1.25 per 1,000 through Up2Data.
Other job titles
CFOs, COOs, CTOs, CMOs, CIOs, business owners, founders, company presidents, executive directors, general managers, operations managers and directors, plant managers, facility managers and directors, safety managers and directors, supply chain managers and directors, logistics managers and directors, VPs of sales, VPs of marketing, sales directors, sales managers, marketing directors, marketing managers, HR managers and directors, IT managers and directors, software engineers and developers, VPs and directors of engineering, product managers, project managers, purchasing managers and buyers, realtors and real estate agents, attorneys, paralegals, accountants and CPAs, bookkeepers, controllers, architects, recruiters, office managers, practice managers and administrators, store managers, insurance agents and brokers, physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physical therapists, veterinarians, financial advisors, loan officers and mortgage brokers, property managers, electricians, plumbers, HVAC professionals, superintendents, estimators, truck drivers. All 57, counted side by side: email lists by job title. Companies by industry and state: the free list of US companies.
Questions
How many CEOs are in Datacircle's free file?
84,671 people in the free 10M+ US dataset (October 2026) have a current job title of CEO, by the title on their LinkedIn profile. 49,666 of them have an email or a mobile phone: 32,671 an email, 41,176 a mobile, 24,181 both.
Can I download a CEO email list for free?
Yes. Sign up at datacircle.dev with your work email and download the free 10M+ US dataset from your dashboard: one zip with the people and the companies they work at. The CEOs are one query on it, printed on this page, which writes them to a CSV with their company, email, mobile phone and LinkedIn URL.
Which state has the most CEOs?
California, with 8,695 of the 49,666 who have an email or a mobile (17.5%), then Texas (4,477) and Florida (4,399). The state is the one on their LinkedIn profile.
How recent are the emails?
Each email comes with EMAIL_VALIDATED_AT, the date it was last verified. 32,470 of the 32,671 emails of these CEOs (99.4%) were last verified on or after August 1, 2026.
Does it cover companies of every size?
The free file holds people at companies of 11 to 500 employees. Every size is in the 50M+ US dataset: 223,205 CEOs, 130,644 with an email or a mobile. It unlocks once 3 people you invited sign up.
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