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section 02 — people

People & org chart

Who runs the company and how it's shaped: leadership, notable hires, and a sketch of who reports into whom — so you know the room before you walk into it.

Leadership, notable hires and a sketch of how the org is shaped — who reports into whom, and where the depth is. It's one of the nine sections in every dossier, and below is exactly what this one does — what it surfaces, where those facts come from, and who leans on it.

What this section reveals

Concretely, the people & org chart section gathers:

  • Named leadership — founders, C-suite and key executives — with titles and, where public, how long they've been there.
  • Notable or senior recent hires that signal where the company is investing in its bench.
  • A sketch of the org shape: which functions are deep, which are thin, and roughly how reporting lines run.
  • Departures and tenure patterns at the top, which often say as much as the arrivals.
  • Public profiles and links for the people who matter, so you can go straight to the source on anyone.

None of it requires the company's cooperation — it's all there in the open record, just scattered until the dossier pulls it into one place. You can see it rendered on a real business in the sample dossier.

How it's sourced

People data is drawn from public professional profiles, the company's own leadership and team pages, press releases announcing appointments, and conference or interview appearances. The org sketch is inferred — reconstructed from titles and reporting hints in public bios, never presented as an internal chart the company published. Because roles change and titles get stale, each name links to where it was found and carries a freshness signal; the dossier favors recently confirmed positions and flags anything it can only partially verify, so you can tell a confirmed CFO from a best-guess one.

Who relies on it

This section earns its keep for anyone whose work turns on it:

  • Recruiters — know the team and reporting lines before you pitch a role.
  • Sales & BD — find the real decision-maker, not just a name on a page.
  • Journalists — map who's accountable for what before you reach out.

See how the whole file fits together on how it works, browse the other eight sections, or open a dossier and read this section on a company that matters to you.

the fine print

Two quick questions

Q. Is the org chart official?

No — it's a sketch reconstructed from public titles and bios, not an internal chart the company released. It shows you roughly where the depth and the reporting lines are, with every name linked to its source.

Q. How current are the people listed?

Each role carries a freshness signal and links back to where it was found. The dossier favors recently confirmed positions and flags anything it can only partially verify, since titles go stale fast.

Open me

Know the room first.

see the people and the shape behind them.