> Enrich.chat gives AI agents verified work emails and mobiles. To use it from an agent, read https://enrich.chat/agents.md . This is the Markdown version of https://enrich.chat/blog/find-ceo-email/

# How to find a CEO's email address, and what to say when you do

Executives sit behind assistants, filters and full inboxes. This guide shows which routes work for public, private and founder-led companies, how to check an address, what to avoid, and a short note to send.

By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 16, 2026.

**Short answer:** To find a CEO's email address, confirm who runs the company, then use an address the company or the CEO published, or build one from the company's email format and verify it before you send. Filings help with names, not inboxes: the [SEC's Form 10-K cover](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf) asks for a headquarters address and phone number, with no field for email.

## Key takeaways

- Filings name the CEO but give no inbox. The [SEC's Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf) cover asks for the address and telephone number of the principal executive offices, and it has no email field.
- An assistant may read first. The [BLS](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/secretaries-and-administrative-assistants.htm) counted 489,300 executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in 2025, so write a note they can forward as it is.
- CEOs move. [Challenger, Gray and Christmas](https://www.challengergray.com/blog/august-ceo-turnover-jumps-to-186-women-gains-continue/) counted 1,226 CEO exits announced at US companies from January through August 2026. Check the role before you send.
- Verify every guess. [Google](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) asks senders to keep spam rates below 0.10% and to stop mailing addresses that keep bouncing.
- CAN-SPAM has [no exception for business email](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business), and each email in violation can draw penalties of up to $53,088.

## Why is a CEO's email address so hard to find?

Three things sit between you and a CEO's inbox: no public directory, an assistant who may read first, and a crowded inbox. Knowing which one blocks you tells you which route to try.

- **No directory exists, even for public companies.** An annual report is the best-documented source on a company's leaders, and it still stops short. The cover of the [SEC's Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf) asks for the address of the principal executive offices and the registrant's telephone number. It has no email field. The principal executive officer signs the report, and [Item 401 of Regulation S-K](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/229.401) asks for each executive officer's name, age, positions and business experience, not contact details.
- **An assistant may read first.** The [Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/secretaries-and-administrative-assistants.htm) counted 489,300 executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in the US in 2025, and describes the job as high-level support for top executives. No source we found measures how often they open a CEO's mail, so assume one might.
- **The inbox is full.** In Microsoft's [2025 Work Trend Index](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday), which surveyed 31,000 knowledge workers, the average worker got 117 emails a day and skimmed most of them in under 60 seconds. That is the average worker, not a CEO.
- **The name behind the title keeps changing.** [Challenger, Gray and Christmas](https://www.challengergray.com/blog/august-ceo-turnover-jumps-to-186-women-gains-continue/) counted 1,226 CEO exits announced at US companies from January through August 2026, including 186 in August alone. Check that your target still holds the job.

So the goal is not a secret address. It is a current address you can check, in a note an assistant would pass on. Figure 1 shows what public sources do and do not give you.

**Figure 1: What public sources tell you about a CEO.** A grid compares four sources by what they give you: the officer's name, a street address, a phone number and an email. The SEC Form 10-K cover and signatures give a name, an address and a phone number but no email. An SEC proxy statement gives names only. Florida's annual report law gives names and business street addresses. LinkedIn Contact info gives a phone number and an email only if the member added them. No public record gives an email.

*What each public source gives you about an executive. No means the rule does not require it. Addresses are company offices, not homes. Sources: [SEC Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf), [Regulation S-K Item 401](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/229.401), [Florida Statutes 607.1622](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0607/Sections/0607.1622.html), [LinkedIn Help](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a565128/contact-info-section-of-your-profile).*

## Is the CEO the right person to email?

Sometimes. At a small or founder-led company, the CEO often owns the problem you solve and makes the call. At a larger company, the executive who runs the relevant function is usually closer to it and can bring the CEO in if the case is strong. No source measures this, so treat it as a rule of thumb. If the CEO does not own your problem, read our guide to [finding decision makers at a company](https://enrich.chat/blog/decision-makers-in-a-company/) and aim there.

Pick one or two targets, not the whole leadership page. [Hunter's 2026 outreach report](https://hunter.io/the-state-of-cold-email) found a 5.1% reply rate when campaigns reached one or two people per company, against 3.5% for three or more. The data covers 31 million emails sent by Hunter's own users in 2025 and is not specific to CEOs.

## How do you find a CEO's email address?

Work through seven routes in order, and stop at the first one that gives you a current address you can check. Figure 2 picks a starting point by company type, and the table compares all seven.

**Figure 2: Where to start, by company type.** Three columns match a company type to the places to look and a first move. For a public company, look at the 10-K, the proxy and 8-K press releases, and call the number on the 10-K cover. For a private mid-size company, look at press releases, the team page, speaker bios and state filings, then copy the format of a press contact and verify the address. For a founder-led company, look at their own site, newsletter and bios, then use the address they publish or ask a mutual contact. Every route ends with a check of the address and its status.

*A starting point for each kind of company. The routes follow the sections below. This is our editorial ordering, not a measured ranking.*

| Route | Works best for | What you get | Main catch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. What they published | Founder-led and small companies | An address they chose to share | Often a general or sales address |
| 2. SEC filings | Public companies | Names, a headquarters address, a phone number | No email field |
| 3. State registers | Private companies | Names and business street addresses | No email, and rules differ by state |
| 4. Format plus a check | Any company with one known address | A likely address | Catch-all domains cannot be confirmed |
| 5. LinkedIn | Confirming the person and role | Name, title, start date | Email is shown to direct connections by default |
| 6. An introduction | Anyone with a mutual contact | A forward or a reply | Slow |
| 7. Lookup tool or agent | Several CEOs at once | An address with a status | Not every CEO is found |

### 1. Start with what the company and the CEO published

The best address is one the company or the CEO chose to publish. Check the contact, leadership and newsroom pages first. Then look at what the CEO publishes under their own name: a newsletter, podcast notes, a conference bio or an author byline.

Google's search help documents the two operators you need: [quotes for an exact phrase and site: for one website](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433). Try `site:acme.com "Jane Doe"`, then `"Jane Doe" "@acme.com"`. Check the date on anything you find, because an old page may name a CEO who has left.

### 2. Read the filings of a public company

Filings confirm who the CEO is and where the office is. They give you a phone number and a way to check the person is current, but not an inbox.

- **The 10-K cover and signatures.** The cover lists the address and telephone number of the principal executive offices. Call that number and ask for the CEO's office.
- **The proxy statement.** The SEC says most companies give their Item 10 information about directors and executive officers in a [separate proxy statement](https://www.sec.gov/answers/reada10k.htm), typically filed a month or two after the 10-K.
- **EDGAR full-text search.** It covers [filings since 2001, exhibits included](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/efts-faq.html). Search the company's domain in quotes, such as "@acme.com", to find press releases that list a contact. That contact is usually an investor or media person, not the CEO, but the address shows the company's format.
- **Form 8-K, Item 5.02.** If a public company's principal executive officer retires, resigns or is terminated, [Item 5.02](https://www.sec.gov/files/form8-k.pdf) requires it to disclose the event and the date. A new principal executive officer's name and position must be disclosed too. Most 8-K items are due within four business days, so read the latest ones before you write.

### 3. Check the state register for a private company

Private companies file less, but states keep records. Florida's law requires a corporation's annual report to list the [names and business street addresses of its directors and principal officers](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0607/Sections/0607.1622.html), and the filing becomes part of the official record. That confirms who runs the company and where to post a letter. It does not give an email. Other states set their own rules, so search the business records of the state where the company is registered.

### 4. Work out the company's email format, then verify it

If you find one real address at the company, such as a press contact, you can often work out the rule behind it. Format odds depend on company size. In [Interseller's 2019 analysis](https://www.interseller.io/blog/2019/02/04/top-email-address-patterns-by-company-size/) of more than five million companies, first name alone was the top pattern at 71.48% of companies with 1 to 10 employees, and first.last led at 56.31% of those with 10,001 or more. Interseller does not describe its method and the data is seven years old, so use it to rank your guesses, not to skip the check.

Do not guess ceo@. [RFC 2142](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2142.html) defines info@, marketing@, sales@ and support@, plus technical mailboxes such as postmaster@, and it has no mailbox for executives. Instead, enter the domain in the [email format finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-format-finder/), list candidates with the [email permutator](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-permutator/), and check the best one with the [email finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-finder/). Our guide to [business email formats](https://enrich.chat/blog/email-address-formats/) explains each pattern. An executive may use a shorter or older alias than the staff pattern, so verify.

### 5. Use LinkedIn to confirm the person, not to get the address

LinkedIn is a good place to confirm a CEO's name, title and start date. It rarely gives an email you can use.

- By default, a member's primary email is [visible only to direct connections](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a523134/visibility-of-your-email-address-on-linkedin). Members can widen that to 2nd-degree connections or anyone, or hide it.
- The email in Contact info is [pre-filled from the address used at sign-up](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a565128/contact-info-section-of-your-profile), so it can be a personal one.
- Premium members can turn on [Open Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/140), which lets any member message them for free without InMail.

In Hunter's survey, LinkedIn was the preferred outreach channel for 50.5% of decision makers, against 25% for email. The report does not state the sample size. Our guide to [finding someone's email on LinkedIn](https://enrich.chat/blog/find-email-on-linkedin/) covers the manual routes.

### 6. Ask for an introduction, or ask the company

A mutual contact, an investor, a customer or an event organizer can forward your note or confirm an address. Ask in two lines they can paste. Our guide to [finding anyone's work email](https://enrich.chat/blog/how-to-find-someones-email/) covers the steps.

With no contact, write to the company's general inbox and name the CEO's office in the subject. RFC 2142 sets aside info@ for general information, so a staff member will read it. We found no published reply rate for this route, so treat it as a fallback.

### 7. Use a lookup tool or your AI agent

A lookup takes a company website and a title, finds the person, and returns a work email with a status. It is the fastest route for more than a few CEOs. The last section shows how an agent does it with Enrich.chat, and our [comparison of email finder tools](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/) covers the alternatives.

## How do you get past the executive assistant?

Treat the assistant as your first reader, not an obstacle. Write a note they can forward without editing, and ask them to point you to the right person if the CEO is not it.

- **Call first when you have a number.** Use the switchboard number from the 10-K cover or the company site. Say who you are, what the note is about and what you want: an address, or the right person.
- **Put the point in the first line.** An assistant should be able to forward your note with no rewrite.
- **Take a no.** If the answer is no, ask who else could help. A named alternative beats a blocked sender.
- **Do not pose as a friend.** No fake reply threads, no "as we discussed". CAN-SPAM bars [false or misleading header information and deceptive subject lines](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business).

A call can be this short:

> "Hello, this is Alex Rivera at Northwind Software. I have a short note about late pickups for Jane Doe. What is the best address to send it to, or who should get it instead?"

## What should you say in an email to a CEO?

Keep it short enough to read on a phone, give one reason you picked them, and ask for one small next step. Figure 3 marks up a sample note.

**Figure 3: Anatomy of a short note to a CEO.** A sample email from a fictional sender to Jane Doe at Acme Logistics, with five numbered parts. One, a plain subject line that matches the message. Two, one real reason tied to something the company published. Three, one light ask. Four, the sender's name, company and postal address. Five, a plain way to say no that is honored within ten business days.

*A sample note with fictional people. The rules behind parts 1, 4 and 5 come from the [FTC's CAN-SPAM guide](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business). The advice behind parts 2 and 3 comes from [Hunter's 2026 report](https://hunter.io/the-state-of-cold-email).*

The data below comes from cold-email vendors, covers all recipients rather than CEOs, and shows correlation, not cause.

- **Personalize with a fact.** In [Hunter's 2026 report](https://hunter.io/the-state-of-cold-email), emails with no personalization averaged a 3.6% reply rate, against 5.6% with two custom attributes.
- **Do not sound like an ad, or like a bot.** In Hunter's survey of decision makers, 65% said cold emails fail because they feel too sales-focused, and they preferred open-ended asks to a meeting request up front. Among US decision makers, 69% said it bothers them if AI wrote the email.
- **Follow up once or twice.** Hunter found three messages drew 6.8% total replies, against 3.3% for one. [Belkins](https://belkins.io/blog/sales-follow-up-statistics) reports that follow-ups made up 58.6% of all replies in its 2025 data of 7.5 million cold emails.

Cold email to a CEO is still commercial email. The [FTC says](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business) the law makes no exception for business-to-business email. Your note needs honest headers, a subject line that matches the content, your postal address and a working opt-out, and you must honor opt-outs within 10 business days. Each email in violation can draw penalties of up to $53,088. In the UK, the [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/) says the email rule does not apply to corporate subscribers, but sole traders and some partnerships are treated like individuals, and UK GDPR can still apply to a named person. This is not legal advice. Our [cold email data guide](https://enrich.chat/blog/cold-email/) covers lists, verification and sender rules.

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the CEO of [company website] and their work email with its status. Then draft a note of under 70 words that cites one fact from the company's latest press release, asks one yes-or-no question, and ends with my postal address and a line to opt out.
```

## How do you check a CEO's email address before you send?

Run the exact address through a mailbox check, read the status, and confirm the person still holds the job. One wrong guess costs little. A habit of wrong guesses costs your sending reputation.

- **Verified.** The mailbox exists. Send one human note.
- **Catch-all.** The domain accepts mail for every address, so no check can confirm this mailbox. Send one note, watch for a bounce, and test the domain with the [catch-all checker](https://enrich.chat/tools/catch-all-checker/).
- **Unknown.** The server gave no clear answer. Hold the address and try another route.

The stakes are set by mailbox providers. [Google's sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) say to keep the spam rate in Postmaster Tools below 0.10% and never reach 0.30%. They also say to unsubscribe recipients with multiple bounces and to cut sending volume when SMTP errors rise. Our guide to [email bounce rate](https://enrich.chat/blog/email-bounce-rate/) shows how to keep yours low.

Then confirm the role. For a public company, read the latest 8-K filings, since Item 5.02 covers a change of CEO. For a private company, check the newest press release or the LinkedIn profile. Contact data goes stale fast, and our guide to [B2B data decay](https://enrich.chat/blog/b2b-data-decay/) compares the published rates.

## What should you avoid when looking for a CEO's email?

Avoid bought lists, guess-and-blast sends and personal addresses. Each one hurts delivery or crosses a legal line.

- **CEO lists and directories.** A list is a copy of someone else's research, so it may name a CEO who has left. Google's guidelines also say [not to purchase email addresses from other companies](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126). Our guide on [whether to buy an email list](https://enrich.chat/blog/buying-email-lists/) covers the risks.
- **Guess-and-blast.** Sending every permutation of a name produces bounces. Under [15 U.S.C. 7704(b)(1)(A)(ii)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7704), a commercial email that already breaks CAN-SPAM becomes an aggravated violation if the sender knowingly used addresses made by combining names, letters or numbers into numerous permutations.
- **Personal addresses.** Guides that promise "secret personal emails" send you to a private inbox. The ICO says sole traders and some partnerships can be [emailed for marketing only with consent or the soft opt-in](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/). Stick to the work address.
- **Calls and texts to a mobile.** They have their own rules: see [TCPA and B2B cold calling](https://enrich.chat/blog/tcpa-b2b-cold-calling/).

If a CEO asks you to stop, stop. Anyone can also ask Enrich.chat to remove their details on the [opt-out page](https://enrich.chat/opt-out/), and requests are processed within 15 days.

## How can an AI agent find a CEO's email with Enrich.chat?

Give your agent the company's website and ask for the CEO's work email with its status. The agent lists people at that domain with a CEO title, looks up the one it finds, and reports verified, catch_all or unknown. If nothing matches, it says so and nothing is used.

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the CEO of acme.com and their work email. Show the email's status, and if nothing is found or the status is catch_all, say so instead of guessing.
```

Under the hood, the agent reads enrich.chat/agents.md and makes two plain GET requests. No SDK, signup or key is needed to start.

1. **Find the CEO.** The people endpoint takes a company website and a title, and returns each match with a title and a LinkedIn URL. If the title finds nobody, the agent can try the `seniority` filter with `founder` or `c_suite`.

   ```
   GET enrich.chat/v1/company/people?domain=acme.com&title=CEO&limit=2
   ```
2. **Look up the work email.** The agent passes the LinkedIn URL from step 1 to the person endpoint. A LinkedIn URL is only a lookup key, and Enrich.chat never logs in to LinkedIn.

   ```
   GET enrich.chat/v1/person?linkedin_url=linkedin.com/in/jane-doe&fields=email
   ```
3. **Read the status.** The response shows the address, its status and what the lookup used.

```
{
  "found": true,
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "title": "Chief Executive Officer",
  "company": {"name": "Acme Logistics"},
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe",
  "work_email": {"value": "jane.doe@acmelogistics.com", "status": "verified"},
  "credits_used": 10,
  "free_lookups_remaining": 8
}
```

Agents get 10 free lookups a day per IP address, with no signup and no key. On a paid plan, a work email found uses 10 credits, and each person a people lookup returns uses 5. A lookup that finds nothing uses 0. So 50 CEOs with their emails use 750 credits, which fits the Growth plan at $29 a month. The [pricing page](https://enrich.chat/pricing/) lists every plan, and [Enrich.chat for AI agents](https://enrich.chat/agents/) covers setup, including the MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

### What to watch out for

- **Not every CEO will be found.** When Enrich.chat has no match, you get `found: false` and nothing is used. Keep the other routes in this guide ready.
- **It is a lookup, not an outreach tool.** There is no sequencing, dialer or Chrome extension. Treat every address as a strong lead, not a guarantee, and handle `catch_all` as risky.

For a list of targets, the [people search API](https://enrich.chat/api/people-search/) takes a plain-English description such as "CEOs of logistics companies in Texas". The [email finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-finder/) and [LinkedIn email finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/linkedin-email-finder/) do single lookups in the browser. You are responsible for following the laws that apply to your outreach, including CAN-SPAM and GDPR.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I find a CEO's email address?

Confirm who the CEO is, then look for an address the company or the CEO published, such as a press contact, a newsletter or a speaker bio. If you find none, copy the company's email format from one real address and verify the result. Public filings give names, a headquarters address and a phone number, not inboxes. A lookup tool or an [AI agent](https://enrich.chat/agents/) can return the work email with a status.

### Do CEOs have public email addresses?

Some do, mostly at small or founder-led companies that publish a contact line. Large public companies rarely do. The [Form 10-K cover](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf) asks for an address and a phone number, with no email field. Investor and media contacts are public, but they reach staff, not the CEO. Treat any list that claims every CEO's direct address with caution, and verify before you send.

### What is the email format for a CEO?

A CEO usually follows the company's staff format. In [Interseller's 2019 analysis](https://www.interseller.io/blog/2019/02/04/top-email-address-patterns-by-company-size/), first name alone led at companies with 1 to 10 employees and first.last led at those with 10,001 or more. No standard defines ceo@: [RFC 2142](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2142.html) lists info@, sales@, support@ and similar names only. Check the [email format finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-format-finder/), then verify.

### How do I contact a CEO if I cannot find their email?

Call the switchboard number on the company's website or its 10-K cover and ask for the CEO's office, or ask a mutual contact for an introduction. On LinkedIn, [Open Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/140) members can be messaged for free without InMail. Keep the ask small: the best address, or the right person. A named alternative is a good result.

### Is it legal to cold email a CEO?

In the US, the [FTC says](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business) CAN-SPAM makes no exception for business email. You need honest headers and subject lines, a postal address and an opt-out you honor within 10 business days. In the UK, the [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/) says the email rule does not cover corporate subscribers, but sole traders count as individuals. This is not legal advice.

### Can ChatGPT or Claude find a CEO's email address?

Not on their own: without a data source, a chatbot can only guess a pattern. With a data API, an agent can look the address up. Paste a prompt such as "Use www.enrich.chat to find the CEO of acme.com and their work email", and the agent calls Enrich.chat, reports the status, or says nothing was found. Agents get 10 free lookups a day with no signup. See [what ChatGPT can and cannot find](https://enrich.chat/blog/can-chatgpt-find-email-addresses/).

## Sources

1. [Form 10-K (general instructions and cover page)](https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf)
2. [Form 8-K (general instructions and Item 5.02)](https://www.sec.gov/files/form8-k.pdf)
3. [How to Read a 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/answers/reada10k.htm)
4. [EDGAR Full-Text Search FAQ](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/efts-faq.html)
5. [17 CFR 229.401: Item 401, Directors, executive officers, promoters and control persons](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/229.401)
6. [Florida Statutes 607.1622: Annual report for department](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0607/Sections/0607.1622.html)
7. [Secretaries and Administrative Assistants](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/secretaries-and-administrative-assistants.htm)
8. [August CEO Turnover Jumps to 186; Women Gains Continue](https://www.challengergray.com/blog/august-ceo-turnover-jumps-to-186-women-gains-continue/)
9. [Breaking down the infinite workday (Work Trend Index)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday)
10. [CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business)
11. [15 U.S. Code 7704: Other protections for users of commercial electronic mail](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7704)
12. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126)
13. [Business-to-business marketing](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/)
14. [RFC 2142: Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and Functions](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2142.html)
15. [Top Email Address Patterns By Company Size](https://www.interseller.io/blog/2019/02/04/top-email-address-patterns-by-company-size/)
16. [Manage who can see your email address on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a523134/visibility-of-your-email-address-on-linkedin)
17. [Contact Info section of your profile](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a565128/contact-info-section-of-your-profile)
18. [Manage your Open Profile settings as a Premium subscriber](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/140)
19. [State of Email Outreach 2026](https://hunter.io/the-state-of-cold-email)
20. [Sales follow-up statistics in B2B: Belkins' 2026 study](https://belkins.io/blog/sales-follow-up-statistics)
21. [Refine Google searches](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433)

## Try this prompt

Find a CEO's work email from your agent

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the CEO of acme.com and their work email. Show the email's status, and if nothing is found or the status is catch_all, say so instead of guessing.
```

## Related

- [Decision makers in a company](https://enrich.chat/blog/decision-makers-in-a-company/)
- [How to find anyone's work email](https://enrich.chat/blog/how-to-find-someones-email/)
- [Cold email: the data side](https://enrich.chat/blog/cold-email/)