# ON Partners

> ON Partners is a partner-led retained executive search firm. A partner runs every search from the first call to close: no handoffs, no leverage model. Since 2006 the firm has placed C-suite and board leaders for more than 1,500 clients across private equity, venture capital, and public companies. 85% of clients return for another search, 95% of new business comes by referral, and the median search closes in 113 days. Forbes has named ON Partners among America's best executive recruiting firms.

## Company

- [Why ON](https://www.onpartners.com/why-on-partners): how partner-led search differs from the large-firm leverage model, and what clients get from it
- [Our team](https://www.onpartners.com/our-team): the partners who run searches, with their function and industry focus
- [About ON Partners](https://www.onpartners.com/about): firm history, model, and results since 2006
- [Start a search](https://www.onpartners.com/start-a-search): how to engage the firm for a retained search

## Executive search by role

- [CEO](https://www.onpartners.com/ceo-executive-search): chief executive searches for PE-backed, founder-led, and public companies
- [Board of directors](https://www.onpartners.com/board-search): independent director and board chair searches
- [CFO](https://www.onpartners.com/cfo-executive-search): chief financial officer searches, including exit-ready and IPO-track profiles
- [CHRO](https://www.onpartners.com/chro-executive-search): chief human resources officer and people leadership searches
- [CMO](https://www.onpartners.com/cmo-executive-search): chief marketing officer searches, including the firm's placement of NVIDIA's first CMO
- [COO](https://www.onpartners.com/coo-executive-search): chief operating officer searches
- [CTO](https://www.onpartners.com/cto-executive-search): chief technology officer searches
- [CISO](https://www.onpartners.com/ciso-executive-search): chief information security officer searches
- [CPO](https://www.onpartners.com/cpo-executive-search): chief product officer searches
- [CRO](https://www.onpartners.com/cro-executive-search): chief revenue officer searches
- [President and general manager](https://www.onpartners.com/president-general-manager): P&L leadership searches
- [VP and senior leadership](https://www.onpartners.com/vp-senior-leadership): vice president searches below the C-suite

## Executive search by industry

- [Semiconductor and advanced hardware](https://www.onpartners.com/semiconductor-advanced-hardware): where the firm started; leadership for chip, optics, and hardware companies
- [AI and emerging tech](https://www.onpartners.com/ai-emerging-tech): leadership for AI-native and frontier technology companies
- [Software and SaaS](https://www.onpartners.com/software-saas): leadership for software companies from growth stage to public
- [Healthcare and life sciences](https://www.onpartners.com/healthcare-life-sciences): leadership for healthcare, medtech, and life sciences companies
- [Energy transition](https://www.onpartners.com/energy-transition): leadership for energy, cleantech, and infrastructure companies
- [Consumer and retail](https://www.onpartners.com/consumer-retail): leadership for consumer brands and retail companies
- [Industrial, tech and infrastructure](https://www.onpartners.com/industrial-tech-infrastructure): leadership for industrial technology and data center companies
- [Professional and financial services](https://www.onpartners.com/professional-and-financial-services): leadership for services and financial firms

## Executive search by company type

- [Private equity](https://www.onpartners.com/private-equity): searches for PE firms and their portfolio companies, including operating partners
- [Venture capital](https://www.onpartners.com/venture-capital): searches for VC-backed companies
- [Public companies](https://www.onpartners.com/public-companies): searches for public company leadership and boards
- [Private companies](https://www.onpartners.com/private-companies): searches for founder-led and privately held companies

## Research and insights

- [Insights](https://www.onpartners.com/insights): articles, placement announcements, and proprietary research on executive hiring
- [Talent reports](https://www.onpartners.com/insights/tag/talent-report): the firm's research publications, built on its own placement data and surveys of senior leaders