We are some, but not all, of the people who keep Metasploit going. Brent, Egyp7, and theLightCosine all work at Rapid7 where they somehow manage to get paid for doing this. ZeroSteiner is one of the core community contributors who does this for free.

Spencer - @zeroSteiner

As a member of the Research and Development team at SecureState, Spencer McIntyre works to discover vulnerabilities within organizations systems and understand the underlying risks. Mr. McIntyre balances his focus between vulnerability and in-house tool development. During his time with SecureState, Mr. McIntyre has worked with a variety of clients across multiple industries, giving him experience in how each secures their data and the threats that they encounter. Mr. McIntyre uses his background in software development to help him to understand and exploit the underlying logic in the software he encounters. He is active in the open source community, making multiple contributions to a variety of projects such as the Metasploit Framework.

@zeroSteiner