Executive Spotlight: Who Is Jeb Blount, Founder and CEO of Sales Gravy? (2027)
Jeb Blount is the founder and CEO of Sales Gravy, a sales training and go-to-market company he started in 2006. He is also a sales author whose books include Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ.
Sales Gravy's own pages credit him with 18 books, and the company reports 1.5 million books sold.
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Current role and company
Sales Gravy's team page lists Blount as Founder and CEO, and its About page says he founded the company in 2006. The company describes itself as a provider of sales training, leadership and go-to-market systems that help organizations build high-performance sales cultures.
- TitleFounder and CEO, Sales Gravy (per the company's own team page).
- Company missionTo empower salespeople to sell more, win more, and earn more (per the About page).
- AlsoAuthor of 18 books, per Sales Gravy.
Career path
The pages we read describe his career only in broad terms. Sales Gravy says he drew on decades of experience leading high-performance sales teams, but it gives no employers or dates for that earlier work, so we do not list any.
- 2006. Sales Gravy began when Blount set out to elevate the sales profession, according to the company's About page.
- Author. He wrote the books that form the foundation of the company's training, including Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ.
- Today. He leads Sales Gravy as Founder and CEO.
What he is known for
- Fanatical Prospecting. Sales Gravy says this book has been adopted by more than a million teams and sellers.
- A body of sales books. Beyond Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ, the team page names Objections, INKED and The LinkedIn Edge.
- Sales Gravy. The company's training programs and e-learning are built on his books and methods, per its own pages.
Leadership style and philosophy
The pages we could read give no first-person interview text we could verify, so we do not quote him. The company's stated mission is to help salespeople sell more, win more and earn more. The team page describes him as a thought leader who inspires the team to reach higher and think bigger.
Key numbers
Figures below are reported by Sales Gravy on its own site, as read on October 31, 2026. The pages give no single reporting date, so each is shown as stated.
- Founded2006 (company-reported).
- Books published18 (company-reported).
- Books sold1.5 million (company-reported).
- AdoptionMore than 1,000,000 companies, sales teams and sales professionals have adopted its systems (company-reported).
- Reach37+ countries (company-reported).
- E-learning50,000+ learners (company-reported).
- NewsletterMore than 470,000 subscribers to the free newsletter (company-reported).
Sales Gravy's pages give different totals for hours of training content, so we do not state one.
What to watch next
Worth tracking: new books and training programs from Sales Gravy, and how the company describes its go-to-market offerings.
Questions people ask
Who is Jeb Blount?
He is the founder and CEO of Sales Gravy and the author of 18 books on sales, including Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ, per the company.
What is Jeb Blount's current role?
Founder and CEO of Sales Gravy, per the company's team page.
What is Sales Gravy?
A sales training, leadership and go-to-market company that Blount founded in 2006.
How many books has Jeb Blount written?
Sales Gravy's team and About pages say 18, and the company reports 1.5 million books sold.
What are his best-known books?
Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ, plus Objections, INKED and The LinkedIn Edge, per the team page.
Sources
- Sales Gravy: Team · Title, books
- Sales Gravy: About · Founding, mission, company-reported figures, official photo
- Sales Gravy: Home · Newsletter figure, company description
Facts were read from the linked pages on October 31, 2026. Pages were read through a fetch tool that returns summaries, so confirm details on the original page. The hero photo is Sales Gravy's official headshot, centered on a card. This page covers public professional information only.
Top photo: Sales Gravy (salesgravy.com/about-sales-gravy-training/)