Executive leadership series

Executive hiring is the final frontier within the modern organization that is yet to benefit from the proliferation of data. Determined to help improve hiring decisions by empowering CEOs and founders with data, we are studying every leadership hire between founding and IPO at 65+ SaaS companies1.

1,500 leaders. 50,000 data points. 1 promising candidate.

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All Hiring Blueprints - A plan for your future leadership roles

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All Hiring Blueprints - A plan for your future leadership roles

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Empowering Companies to Scale with the Right People and Operational Strategy

We help founders and CEOs build enduring software businesses—from founding to IPO and beyond—by providing data-driven insights, in-house compensation expertise, and operational guidance. Our support is powered by a network of 1,500 software operators and proprietary analysis of 50,000+ datapoints.

– May Habib, CEO and co-founder, Writer

Working with ICONIQ has been an incredible experience. Their entire team is genuinely invested and proactive. When we were building out our C-suite, ICONIQ was there every single day, helping us navigate the complexities of hiring multiple executives at once. They put exceptional candidates in front of us, back-channeled others, and made the whole process seamless. The success of our C-suite today is a testament to their strategic approach and dedication

– May Habib, CEO and co-founder, Writer

Statements above are being made by a non-ICONIQ personnel who is directly or indirectly invested in one or more ICONIQ portfolio companies, which presents a potential conflict of interest. No compensation was paid in exchange for such statements.

Consulted on
executive and board level searches since 2021
Helped close executive searches
days faster with high ICONIQ Leadership Advisory involvement2
Completed
compensation consulting projects since 2021

Statements above are being made by a non-ICONIQ personnel who is directly or indirectly invested in one or more ICONIQ portfolio companies, which presents a potential conflict of interest. No compensation was paid in exchange for such statements.

Notes

[1] Data comes from some but not all ICONIQ Growth portfolio companies as well as companies not part of ICONIQ Growth's portfolio.

[2] Based on a comparison of searches with high ICONIQ Growth Leadership Advisory involvement (n=85) and those with no direct involvement (n=59) for the period from January 2021 through December 2024.

The ICONIQ Growth website does not present information relating to ICONIQ Capital, its investment funds, or its advisory business and should not be consulted for any advisory purposes. The ICONIQ Growth content is intended for the use of company founders and executives.