CTO email list: 5,229 US CTOs, free to download
5,229 U.S. CTOs in Datacircle's free 10M+ U.S. dataset have an email or a mobile phone: 3,879 with an email, 4,281 with a mobile, 2,931 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 CTOs counted by state, industry and company size, with their titles as written. People are counted here, never named.
Download the CTO 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 5,229 CTOs 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(cto|chief technology 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_cto.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 CTOs of the list hold, word for word. Titles held by fewer than 10 people aren't shown.
| Title | People |
|---|---|
| Chief Technology Officer | 2,809 |
| CTO | 750 |
| Co-founder & CTO | 182 |
| Co-founder and CTO | 87 |
| CTO & Co-founder | 46 |
| Co-founder, CTO | 45 |
| CTO and Co-founder | 36 |
| Co-founder CTO | 34 |
| Founder and CTO | 32 |
| Founder & CTO | 31 |
US CTOs by state
By the state on their LinkedIn profile. California holds 20.6% of them, New York 9.0%.
| State | With an email or a mobile | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,079 | 20.6% |
| New York | 472 | 9.0% |
| Texas | 431 | 8.2% |
| Florida | 330 | 6.3% |
| Massachusetts | 219 | 4.2% |
| Virginia | 176 | 3.4% |
| Georgia | 175 | 3.3% |
| Colorado | 168 | 3.2% |
| Washington | 168 | 3.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 141 | 2.7% |
| North Carolina | 132 | 2.5% |
| Illinois | 127 | 2.4% |
| Maryland | 124 | 2.4% |
| New Jersey | 124 | 2.4% |
| Utah | 105 | 2.0% |
| Michigan | 103 | 2.0% |
| Ohio | 100 | 1.9% |
| Oregon | 91 | 1.7% |
| Minnesota | 84 | 1.6% |
| Arizona | 79 | 1.5% |
| Wisconsin | 64 | 1.2% |
| Tennessee | 58 | 1.1% |
| District of Columbia | 53 | 1.0% |
| Missouri | 50 | 1.0% |
| Nevada | 48 | 0.9% |
| Indiana | 46 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | 45 | 0.9% |
| Connecticut | 43 | 0.8% |
| Kentucky | 35 | 0.7% |
| Kansas | 33 | 0.6% |
| Alabama | 31 | 0.6% |
| New Hampshire | 29 | 0.6% |
| Maine | 27 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | 24 | 0.5% |
| Louisiana | 20 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | 19 | 0.4% |
| Nebraska | 17 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | 15 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | 14 | 0.3% |
| Montana | 14 | 0.3% |
| New Mexico | 13 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | 11 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | 11 | 0.2% |
| Wyoming | 11 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | 10 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | 10 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | 8 | 0.2% |
| South Dakota | 8 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | 6 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.0% |
US CTOs by industry
By their company's industry on LinkedIn, the 10 largest. Software Development comes first, with 17.9% of them.
| Industry | With an email or a mobile |
|---|---|
| Software Development | 935 |
| IT Services and IT Consulting | 517 |
| Technology, Information and Internet | 348 |
| Financial Services | 273 |
| Advertising Services | 156 |
| Information Technology and Services | 149 |
| Hospitals and Health Care | 140 |
| Telecommunications | 130 |
| Computer and Network Security | 103 |
| Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | 87 |
US CTOs 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: 14,242 CTOs, 6,988 with an email and 8,491 with a mobile. It unlocks once 3 people you invited sign up.
| Employees | With an email or a mobile | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 11-50 | 3,167 | 60.6% |
| 51-200 | 1,561 | 29.9% |
| 201-500 | 501 | 9.6% |
How recent the emails are
Each email in the file comes with EMAIL_VALIDATED_AT, the date it was last verified: 3,868 of the 3,879 emails of these CTOs (99.7%) 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
CEOs, CFOs, COOs, 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 CTOs are in Datacircle's free file?
6,906 people in the free 10M+ US dataset (October 2026) have a current job title of CTO, by the title on their LinkedIn profile. 5,229 of them have an email or a mobile phone: 3,879 an email, 4,281 a mobile, 2,931 both.
Can I download a CTO 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 CTOs 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 CTOs?
California, with 1,079 of the 5,229 who have an email or a mobile (20.6%), then New York (472) and Texas (431). 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. 3,868 of the 3,879 emails of these CTOs (99.7%) 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: 14,242 CTOs, 10,296 with an email or a mobile. It unlocks once 3 people you invited sign up.
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