ON Partners is named to Hunt Scanlon’s annual roundup of the 100 most prominent executive search firms
ON Partners, a human-first executive search firm, has once again earned a spot on Hunt Scanlon’s 2025 Private Equity Recruiting Power 100 list. This is the sixth consecutive year the firm has appeared on the list of the nation’s top executive search firms specializing in private equity leadership.
ON Partners serves as a premier executive search partner to growth equity and private equity firms. We help investors build high-impact leadership teams that accelerate value creation across their portfolios.
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We collaborate directly with investment professionals to place executives at both the fund and portfolio levels. These include CEOs, CFOs, Operating Partners, and functional leaders in technology, sales, marketing, product, and operations.
Our partner-led model delivers the speed, precision, and alignment private equity environments demand. We bring deep experience across all stages of the investment lifecycle—from first institutional capital to exit. This allows us to understand the dynamics, challenges, and talent profiles that drive performance.
We support transformational CEO searches, build full executive teams for new platforms, and place internal operators within funds. Across all cases, ON Partners delivers agile leaders who scale companies, navigate change, and drive strong investor outcomes.
Over the past year, ON Partners’ experienced consultants have placed C-level executives and board members across a range of private equity and growth-backed organizations, including Arcline, Carlyle, Francisco Partners, Vista Equity, Incline, and JMI. These placements reflect the firm’s commitment to delivering high-impact leadership solutions for private equity firms.
Learn more about our growth and private equity executive search work.
Watch “Beyond The Deal: Emerging Trends in PE Talent Acquisition” Panel
In this thought-provoking live panel discussion moderated by Ashley Day, partner at ON Partners, leaders in the private equity sector explored the evolving PE talent landscape, sharing their expertise on recruitment challenges, leadership archetypes, and compensation trends.
Panelists included Crosby Baker, Head of PortCo Talent at H.I.G. Capital, Ashley Aronson, Director of Talent Acquisition at Gryphon Investors, and Michelle Bush, Principal Consultant at Leadership Development Worldwide.
The panel was inspired by recent findings in the 2024 Private Equity Talent Trends Report featured in major media outlets including Fast Company and Markets Insider. Download the report today!
Watch the full panel discussion available on our YouTube and Vimeo channels.
ON Partners Recognized as Forbes Industry Leader
ON Partners has been named to Forbes Magazine’s list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms for the seventh consecutive year. Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista for the prestigious annual list, which ranks firms based on survey responses from more than 16,700 recruiters, HR managers, hiring managers, and recent job candidates.
ON Partners’ numbers tell a similar story of satisfied clients and successful executive search placements: 85% of clients return for a second search, 95% of new business comes from referrals, and 97% of executive placements are still in their positions two years later. In addition, clients and candidates rate their experience with ON Partners at 4.9 out of 5.
ON Partner is an executive search partner and trusted advisor to companies across a wide range of industries and has spearheaded recent C-level placements with Peloton, Nvidia, Later, Advance Auto Parts, Vista Equity Partners, Francisco Partners, Adeptia, and Brightspot, to name a few.
“We offer our clients a unique mix of boutique speed combined with world-class expertise,” said Bryan Buck, managing partner at ON Partners. “The fact that ON Partners has been ranked on this prestigious Forbes list for seven years running speaks to the consistency of excellence that our clients have come to expect from us and the drive and passion our partners have to find leaders who will transform a company’s future.”
ON Partners adds value to the marketplace throughout the year with several research reports that provide insight and analysis on the state of play on important topics in the industry. These include The Women’s Report, The Private Equity Talent Trends Report, and The CEO Report.
