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  "markdown": "President and CFO.\n\nJoe Kauffman is President and Chief Financial Officer of Deel. Before joining he was CEO, President and CFO of Credit Karma, where Deel says revenue grew from just over $100M to $2.5B during his tenure. Earlier he held leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company.\n\n## What Joe builds\n\n- [Deel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deel.md), graded B, 69.1/100, in HR \u0026 employee operations. Deel is a global HR, payroll and employer-of-record platform. Its REST API and hosted MCP server let an agent read and update people records, time off, organisation structure, onboarding, contracts and compliance documents. President and CFO, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Alex Bouaziz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alex-bouaziz/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Dan Westgarth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-westgarth/), Chief Operating Officer\n- [Philippe Bouaziz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/philippe-bouaziz/), Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer\n- [Shuo Wang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shuo-wang/), Co-founder and CRO\n- [Yaron Lavi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yaron-lavi/), Chief Technology Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)\n- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)\n- [Neo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neo/)\n- [Green Bay Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/green-bay-ventures/)\n- [Emilie Choi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emilie-choi/)\n- [Claire Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/claire-johnson/)\n- [Fidji Simo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidji-simo/)\n- [Alexis Ohanian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alexis-ohanian/)\n- [Dara Khosrowshahi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dara-khosrowshahi/)\n- [Lachy Groom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lachy-groom/)\n- [Jeffrey Katzenberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeffrey-katzenberg/)\n- [Jeff Wilke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-wilke/)\n- [Anthony Schiller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anthony-schiller/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Joe Kauffman?\n\nJoe Kauffman is President and Chief Financial Officer of Deel. Before joining he was CEO, President and CFO of Credit Karma, where Deel says revenue grew from just over $100M to $2.5B during his tenure. Earlier he held leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company.\n\n### What does Deel, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Deel from Deel, Inc.. Deel is a global HR, payroll and employer-of-record platform. Its REST API and hosted MCP server let an agent read and update people records, time off, organisation structure, onboarding, contracts and compliance documents.\n\n### Who has invested in Deel, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Coatue, Ribbit Capital, Altimeter Capital, Neo, Green Bay Ventures, Emilie Choi, Claire Johnson, Fidji Simo, Alexis Ohanian, Dara Khosrowshahi, Lachy Groom, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jeff Wilke and Anthony Schiller.\n\n### How are Joe's tools graded?\n\nDeel is graded B, 69.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.deel.com/leadership-team/alex-bouaziz\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbouaziz/\n- https://www.deel.com/leadership-team/shuo-wang\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuooo/\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deel\n- https://www.deel.com/\n- https://www.deel.com/about/\n- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4420302814353-How-to-Contact-Deel-for-Customer-Support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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