Brett Adcock built and sold recruiting marketplace Vettery, cofounded public electric-aircraft company Archer and then founded humanoid-robot company Figure in 2022. [1][2]
A sequence of technology companies
Adcock says he founded Vettery before helping create Archer Aviation, then turned his full attention to Figure. Forbes reports that Vettery was sold to Adecco in 2018 and that Archer later reached the public markets through a 2021 SPAC transaction. [2][1]
Figure was founded in 2022 to develop general-purpose humanoid robots. Adcock remains founder and CEO, and the company describes its mission as combining advanced AI and robotics to build machines for work now performed by people. [2][3]
A private-company fortune
Forbes estimates that Adcock owns about half of Figure and values his fortune largely from that private interest. Figure's own materials confirm his founder role and company mission but do not disclose his personal ownership percentage. [1][2]
His earlier company exits and public-market experience help explain the capital and founder track record preceding Figure, but the present billionaire estimate is not simply cumulative sale proceeds from Vettery and Archer. It depends primarily on the value Forbes assigns to Adcock's estimated retained Figure equity, which remains private and therefore less directly observable than a listed stake. [1][2][3]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Sep 15, 2026.
- Brett Adcock · Forbes · Mar 10, 2026
- Master Plan · Figure · May 20, 2022
- Culture · Figure · May 20, 2022
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