Fama

About Us

Fama is built for Executive Due Diligence in the Digital Age.

The world’s leading executive search and recruitment firms choose Fama because we are forward-thinking, dedicated to compliance, and committed to helping our partners make the best leadership placements possible. These are the same reasons firms worldwide trust Fama 360.

Founded in 2015, Fama has been the pioneer in online and social media due diligence, and has redefined how search leaders surface reputational and behavioral risks that traditional processes often overlook. Our Executive Due Diligence solution, Fama 360, reviews more than 10,000 online and social media sources plus global news, litigation databases, and sanctions and watchlists to give firms a complete picture of a leader’s online footprint.

With accuracy rates of 99%+, Fama 360 enables firms to provide clients with compliant, data-driven insights that reduce risk and build confidence in high-stakes executive placements. Learn more at Fama.io.

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Candidate Research & Assessment
  • Due Diligence
  • Extensive Board Level Candidate Research
  • Recruitment Research
Industries
  • Accounting/Audit
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Agriculture
  • Alt. Investments
  • Asset Management
  • Associations
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Clinical Research
  • Cloud Based
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Commercial Banking
  • Communications
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cultural Arts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • Faith Based
  • Family Offices
  • FinTech
  • Foundations
  • Global Markets
  • Government
  • Healthcare Services
  • Hedge Funds
  • High Tech
  • Industrial Products
  • Insurance
  • Internet
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Mgmt.
  • K-12
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Luxury
  • Machine Learning
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Mobile
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-Profit
  • Oil & Gas
  • Payments/Processes
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Private Banking
  • Private Equity
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Real Estate
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Sovereign Wealth
  • Sports
  • Supply Chain
  • Trade Finance
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Utilities
  • Venture Capital
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • Advertising
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Communications/PR
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Risk Management
  • Security

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News Briefings

Speed vs. Certainty: How Leading Search Firms Deliver Fast Shortlists Without Increasing Risk

Executive search firms are under increasing pressure to deliver qualified leadership candidates faster without compromising diligence or decision quality. As hiring timelines compress and stakeholder scrutiny intensifies, many firms are turning to AI-driven intelligence tools to identify potential risks, validate candidate fit, and strengthen shortlists earlier in the search process. Balancing speed with certainty requires

Fama Technologies Granted U.S. Patent on Foundational AI-Powered Social Media Screening Technology

Fama Technologies, providers of AI-powered online screening, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed all claims in its patent application covering the foundational technology behind social media background screening. The patent, titled “System for Searching and Correlating Online Activity with Individual Classification Factors,” has a priority date of November

How Digital Misconduct is Reshaping Workplace Risk Management

Workplace misconduct rarely starts in the workplace anymore. Increasingly, the earliest signals appear online, often long before employers are aware of any issues, according to Fama Technologies’ latest State of Misconduct at Work report. The study found that digital platforms have become the first place where behaviors are expressed, documented, and observed. The findings show that misconduct signals

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Press Releases

Fama Technologies Granted U.S. Patent on Foundational AI-Powered Social Media Screening Technology

The patent, which has a priority date of November 2015, covers Fama’s core method, system, and machine learning architecture used for searching, analyzing, and classifying online activity. LOS ANGELES — Fama Technologies, Inc., the pioneer and market leader in AI-powered online screening, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed all

Fama Technologies 2025 Report: Workplace Misconduct Signals Surge 34% as Risk Shifts to Professional Networks

LOS ANGELES, CA — March 25, 2026 — Fama Technologies, the global leader in social media screening, released its 2025 State of Misconduct at Work report. The findings reveal online behavior in professional networks is posing significant workplace risk. The 2025 report, which benchmarks nine major global sectors, found that 6.45% or 1 in 15 screenings surfaced misconduct risks, a 34%

New Report from 3Sixty Insights Highlights the Importance of Fama for Hiring in a Digital-First World

New research shows what hiring teams already know: what they post is who you’ll get—and now there’s data to help spot it early. LOS ANGELES, CA — May 21, 2025 — A new independent research report from 3Sixty Insights is shining a light on Fama Technologies as a critical solution for today’s evolving hiring landscape. The

Fama Technologies, Inc. Announced as a “Hot Company to Watch in 2024” by Nucleus Research

Dec 5, 2023 – Fama Technologies, Inc., a leader in candidate screening that makes hiring great people easy, has been recognized as a “Hot Companies to Watch in 2024” by Nucleus Research, one of the world’s top HCM industry analyst firms. This honor highlights Fama Technologies’ significant contributions to enhancing hiring processes and outcomes in

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