Executive Authority Infrastructure
For founders, CEOs and public figures whose individual public footprint matters separately from the company they run. We assess eligibility for individual Wikipedia presence, audit biographical accuracy across public surfaces, and align identifier and authority signals across the platforms where executives are searched.
Where executives are searched and described
Eligibility under WP:BLP — biographies of living persons. Independent media coverage of the individual, not just the company.
Person entity, identifiers (LinkedIn, ISNI, ORCID, Crunchbase Person), positions held, education, awards.
What ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity say when asked "who is X". Hallucinations and inaccuracies are common in this surface.
Person panels in branded SERPs. Linked to Wikidata + Wikipedia + verified profiles.
When an individual qualifies for Wikipedia
Individual Wikipedia eligibility is independent of the company's eligibility. A founder of a notable company is not automatically notable themselves. Common qualifying signals:
Substantive press about the person specifically
Multi-paragraph profiles in tier-1 publications (FT, NYT, WSJ, Bloomberg) where the article is about the individual, not just naming them as a CEO.
Recognized industry awards / appointments
Forbes 30 Under 30 with disclosed methodology, MacArthur Fellow, Time 100, named appointments to public bodies, peer-recognized awards.
Authored or co-authored notable work
Books reviewed in independent press, peer-reviewed papers with citation depth, public artifacts that are themselves notable.
"Founder of notable company" alone
Wikipedia distinguishes individual notability from organizational notability. Being the founder is a starting point, not an automatic qualifier.
What we will and will not do — for executives
- • We do not remove negative information that is part of the verifiable public record.
- • We do not bypass Wikipedia's BLP (Biographies of Living Persons) policies, even for sympathetic subjects.
- • We do not manufacture biographical claims that aren't independently verifiable.
- • We do not hide the commercial relationship — paid-contribution disclosure applies to executive bios as much as company articles.
- • We do not work on subjects with active material legal disputes that could move the public record.
Personal-brand Wikipedia work is priced separately at the personal-brand tier (see Tier pricing — personal column).
Audit your individual public footprint
An executive audit reviews press coverage about you specifically, current biographical surfaces, identifier alignment and Wikipedia eligibility under BLP rules.