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  "markdown": "Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.\n\nPhilippe Bouaziz is Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Deel, which calls him a Founder Partner, and was previously its CFO. Before Deel he founded Prodware Group, listed on Euronext, where he completed more than 45 acquisitions and remains chairman. He also chairs the venture firm Sarona Partners.\n\n## What Philippe 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. Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, 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- [Joe Kauffman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joe-kauffman/), President and CFO\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 Philippe Bouaziz?\n\nPhilippe Bouaziz is Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Deel, which calls him a Founder Partner, and was previously its CFO. Before Deel he founded Prodware Group, listed on Euronext, where he completed more than 45 acquisitions and remains chairman. He also chairs the venture firm Sarona Partners.\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 Philippe'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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