ON Partners Earns Ninth Spot on Inc. 5000 List with 115% Growth
ON Partners, the leading pure-play retained executive search firm, has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 annual list, the most prestigious ranking of America’s fastest-growing private companies. This marks the firm’s ninth appearance on the list, with ON Partners reporting an impressive 115% three-year revenue growth and 81% growth over the last year.
ON Partners, the leading pure-play retained executive search firm, secured a place on the Inc. 5000 annual list, the most prestigious ranking of America’s fastest-growing private companies. This marks the firm’s ninth appearance, with ON Partners reporting an impressive 115% three-year revenue growth and an 81% increase over the last year.
“Business continues to exceed expectations for ON Partners,” said Matt Mooney, partner at ON Partners. “We are growing at unprecedented organic rates and strengthening partnerships with top brands across multiple industries. Companies remain focused on securing top talent, and even in the face of economic challenges, they are adapting their hiring strategies to match evolving business needs.”
“Filling top roles remains a challenge and will continue to be difficult in the foreseeable future. Economic uncertainty only compounds the hiring complexities. However, great firms consistently adapt and position their clients to secure the leadership needed to navigate ongoing opportunities in the market.”
Taking an untraditional approach to executive search, ON consultants actively place C-level, board, and senior executives across a wide range of industries and functions. The firm continues to see an increasing demand for senior executive placements in cleantech/sustainability, private equity, consumer, and life sciences sectors.
Recent C-level placements include executives for AdeptAg, IGM Biosciences, Indeed, Intelycare, Logitech, Sunworks, and Tailwind Capital. Last month, ON Partners published its first-half Executive Talent Report, highlighting hiring trends and executive placements across various industries.
In addition to the Inc. 5000 ranking, ON Partners secured the fifth spot on Crain’s Cleveland Business Best Employers 2022 list for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Earlier this year, ON also earned a spot among Forbes’ Top 50 Executive Recruiting Firms and received recognition from Hunt Scanlon as one of America’s best executive search firms, standing out as one of the few pure-play executive search firms in the top 20 with organic growth.
“Our life sciences practice has grown 40% in the last year, and our consumer practice has doubled,” said ON Partners co-founder and managing partner Tim Conti. “Demand for top executive talent remains strong, particularly for CEO, C-level, and board searches, not just in sustainability and clean tech but in private equity as well.”
ON Partners celebrated its 15th-anniversary last year and held a company-wide gathering this past April in Florida to commemorate the milestone.
“We’ve gone from seven to 60 people since I’ve been here,” said Bryan Buck, partner at ON Partners. “It was a bit surreal sitting in our last companywide offsite, looking around, and seeing just how far we’ve come. Most companies don’t make it past five years, and even fewer past 10. Through a lot of hard work – and luck – we’ve been able to build something really special and resilient around great people.”
“We’ve grown from seven to 60 people since I joined,” said Bryan Buck, partner at ON Partners. “Sitting at our last company-wide offsite, I looked around and realized just how far we’ve come. Most companies don’t make it past five years, and even fewer reach ten. Through a combination of hard work—and a bit of luck—we’ve built something truly special and resilient around an incredible team.”
Find out more about ON Partners’ approach and how the firm has redefined executive search.
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The 2022 Inc. 5000 rankings reflect percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. Eligible companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018, and must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. The minimum required revenue was $100,000 for 2018 and $2 million for 2021. Growth rates were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies appear in Inc. magazine’s September issue, and the complete Inc. 5000 list is available at www.inc.com/inc5000.
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