The Cold Email Hall of Fame

A collection of real, successful cold emails sent to the top CEOs, athletes, investors, and celebrities of the world.

Proof that you're one cold email away from anyone. My goal is to get your cold email on the Hall of Fame

Sid Haldar

Hey I'm Sid, I made this site and it took me about the same time as it would take you to walk the Great Wall of China

Every Monday I share:

1 real cold email

2 reasons why it worked

3 cold email tips

1000+ cold emailers enjoy it

Email exchange between Stanford student and Elon Musk about Tesla corporate strategy interview
Elon M.
Founder of Tesla, SpaceX, '09
Cold email from a postdoctoral researcher to Jeff Bezos about hydrogen storage technology for delivery drones
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Founder of Amazon
Email from AI Bootcamp alumni Richard to Mark Cuban about blockchain nonprofit project
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur/Investor, '20
Cold email from Shaan Puri introducing Sabi Sushi and requesting to discuss PopChips partnership
Keith Belling
Co-Founder of PopChips, '11
Email exchange between young tennis fan Cory Levy and Andy Roddick's mother about meeting Andy
Andy R's Mom
Former World Tennis Champion (no date)
Cold email from Ishaan to Tommy McNulty about joining Rho
Tommy M.
CRO at Rho, '25
Heartfelt email from a Nepalese student requesting continued access to Matter's reading app
Ben Springwater
CEO of Matter, '25
Cold email to Mintlify highlighting experience with AI documentation and receiving a positive response requesting resume
Han Wang
Co-Founder of Mintlify, '25
Email exchange showing successful referral from Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince leading to recruiter follow-up
Matthew Prince
CEO of Cloudflare, '25
Cold email from Lovable.dev growth engineer to Farza offering to pay for marketing consultation
Farza
Ex-founder of Buildspace, '25
Cold email exchange between Tommy Potter and Peter Nieh about Lightspeed Ventures
Peter N.
Co-Founder of Lightspeed Ventures, '25
Cold email from Michael Cole to Cursor team
Michael T.
CEO of Cursor, '25
Email exchange between a 16-year-old developer and Naveed Janmohamed about internship opportunities at Unriddle
Naveed J.
Founder of Unriddle, '24
Twitter DM exchange showing positive response from Cory Levy to connect and chat more
Cory Levy
Founder of Z Fellows, '24
Email suggesting college pitch competitions to Shaan and Sam, referencing successful tech university startups
Shaan Puri & Sam Parr
Hosts of My First Million Podcast, '24
Cold email from Mridul Bansal to Stephen Schwarzman seeking career advice about hedge funds and trading
Stephen A. Schwarzman
CEO of Blackstone, '24
Email from Kevin O'Leary to Josh Chen about buying TikTok and profiting $7.5 billion+
Brett Adcock
CEO of Figure AI, '24
Cold email to Kevin Hartz about venture capital opportunities and A* fund
Kevin H.
Ex-CEO of Eventbrite, '24
iMessage exchange between a 16-year-old and Marc Randolph about finding his contact information
Marc R.
Co-Founder of Netflix, '23
Cold email to Greg Brockman about joining OpenAI's mission with pitch deck
Greg B.
President of OpenAI, '23
Cold email exchange between Luigi Rivolta and Nico Rosberg about Smartrip
Nico R.
F1 World Champion, '24
Cold email exchange between Joshua Lipman and Leonard Susskind about Stanford programs
Leonard S.
American Physicist (father of String Theory)
Cold email asking Tony Xu about reference checks
Tony X.
CEO of DoorDash, '24
Cold email from Hrishikesh about Replit AI agent improvements
Amjad M.
CEO at Replit, '24
Email exchange between a 16-year-old student and Masterclass CEO about ML projects and meeting request, showing positive response and scheduling follow-up
David R.
CEO of Masterclass, '19
Email exchange between a 17-year-old software engineer and OpenSea CEO about joining the team, highlighting fintech experience and receiving positive response
David F.
CEO of OpenSea, '22
Email thread between a 17-year-old developer and Alpaca CEO discussing software engineering role, showing progression from initial outreach to scheduling an interview
Yoshi Y.
CEO of Alpaca, '22
Twitter DM exchange with William H. Guss about Ghostwrite and potential hiring opportunity
William H.
OpenAI Research Scientist, '23
LinkedIn InMail exchange between General Catalyst and Evan Spiegel about early Snapchat adoption
Evan S.
Founder of Snapchat