Trust + Outcomes,
built to endure generations.
Wells Onyx is ten practice groups, a portfolio of operating ventures, and a single retained-search engine — held together by trust and a long view of time.
One firm. Ten practices. Every venture pulling on the same thread.
Ten verticals. One operating philosophy.
Search & Strategy
The connective tissue.
Retained executive search and strategic advisory across every Wells Onyx vertical. Where the constellation begins.
Health
Outcomes that endure.
Pharma, biotech, payer, and provider leadership — paired with the Vanta Suite of clinical, UM, and member advocacy services.
Energy & Infrastructure
Generational assets.
O&G and downstream executive search, refinery sourcing, and sovereign infrastructure projects.
AI
Built to scale humanely.
AI leadership search, enterprise strategy, and Wells AI infrastructure for teams who want to deploy without losing the plot.
Fintech
Trust at the speed of money.
Fintech and payments leadership, plus Grain & Vault for digital assets and corporate treasury management.
Education
Schools that work for people.
EdTech executive search, the SchoolOS operating platform, and the Adullam philanthropic layer.
Manufacturing
American industry, rebuilt.
Operations leadership, factory turnaround, and Redemption Manufacturing — bringing dignified work back home.
Hardware
Atoms over bits.
Hardware and robotics executive search backed by a startup fund for physical-world technology.
Semiconductor
The substrate of the era.
Fab leadership search and Onyx Semiconductor inference workstations — silicon for the next decade of compute.
Analog
Main Street is the network.
Investment in skilled trades, community-rooted experiences, and the offline infrastructure of real American life.
Concierge utilization management, IRO, and member advocacy — physician-led decisions, AI-accelerated workflows.
Retained search as the connective tissue of the firm — placing leaders who scale companies without losing the human core.