# CEO, Founder & Leadership Email Finder by Domain (`aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain`) Actor

Find CEO and founder work emails from one company domain. Returns only addresses matching the requested company domain.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain.md
- **Developed by:** [Eugene Volper](https://apify.com/aeonkosmos) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Open source
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $70.00 / 1,000 domain-matched ceo or founder contacts

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## CEO, Founder & Leadership Email Finder by Domain

Find current CEO, founder, and select leadership contacts for one company domain. The Actor returns a row only when a work email is available and its domain matches the company requested.

### What it does

1. Accepts one company domain, such as `openai.com`.
2. Finds candidate profiles with one of these titles: CEO, Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Co-founder, Cofounder, President, Managing Partner, Chair, Chairman, Chairwoman, or Chairperson.
3. Enriches at most the requested number of candidate profiles.
4. Keeps only work emails at the input domain or one of its subdomains.

The dataset is intentionally strict: no personal email addresses, no foreign-company emails, and no rows for candidates without a matching work email.

#### Free-plan limit

Free Apify accounts receive 100 starter results shared across all eight Actors. The private links in `SUPPORTER_ACCESS` let a user submit honest feedback for 500 additional results valid for 30 days, or report a reproducible bug for 500 additional results after bug confirmation. No public review or positive feedback is required. Any paid Apify plan is uncapped by this internal result allowance; normal Apify platform and Actor charges still apply. If a limit applies, the Actor exits normally and explains the next steps in its log and key-value store.

### Input

| Field           | Required | Description                                                                 |
| --------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `domain`        | Yes      | A company domain or URL. It is normalized to the domain host.               |
| `maxCandidates` | No       | Maximum eligible leadership profiles to inspect, from 1 to 50. Default: 50. |

### Output

Each dataset item contains `fullName`, `title`, `contactType` (`ceo`, `founder`, or `leadership`), `workEmail`, the input domain, profile URL where available, and retrieval time. An `OUTPUT` key-value record provides aggregate run counts.

### Notes

Results depend on available public and licensed data. A company may return zero contacts when no matching eligible leadership work email is available. “Owner” and “Principal” are intentionally excluded to avoid false positives such as Product Owner and Principal Engineer. Use contact information responsibly and comply with applicable law and platform policies.

### Local development

Set the private runtime configuration before running locally:

```bash
export CEO_FOUNDER_API_BASE='https://your-private-service.example'
export CEO_FOUNDER_API_KEY='your-private-key'
apify run
```

Run checks with `npm test` and `npm run lint`.

# Actor input Schema

## `domain` (type: `string`):

A company domain such as openai.com. A URL is accepted and normalized to its host.

## `maxCandidates` (type: `integer`):

Caps profile enrichment and upstream usage for CEO, founder, President, Managing Partner, and Chair candidates at this single domain. Free-plan runs draw on the shared free allowance of 500 results across all eight Actors; paid-plan runs, and free accounts that earned supporter results, can use the selected limit up to 50.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domain": "openai.com",
  "maxCandidates": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `ceoFounderContacts` (type: `string`):

Domain-matched work-email records for CEO, founder, President, Managing Partner, and Chair titles.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domain": "openai.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domain": "openai.com" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domain": "openai.com"
}' |
apify call aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aeonkosmos/ceo-founder-email-finder-by-domain"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/37ItYfs6L3x6zRGcx/builds/FTjFjmjGSZGaQOmaf/openapi.json