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Shuo Wang

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Shuo Wang

@shuooo

Co-Founder & CRO @Deel @MIT #DeelSpeed⚡️ Emotionally stable, mentally healthy, physically active 😉

San Francisco, CA

Joined January 2011

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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jan 9
I don't share my personal story often, but we really get into it on this podcast. My story is one of being a forever outsider - 1. I moved to the US at 16 - not an easy age to try and learn English. But, my accent is daily reminder of how far I've come, and why setbacks
Ti Morse
@ti_morse
Jan 8
My first interview with Shuo Wang (@shuooo), Co-Founder & CRO of @deel. 1:08 Designing Deel To Scale Quickly 3:28 Why Companies Should Go Global Early 7:30 Building Deel’s Sales Team 10:33 Why Shuo Loves Sales 14:44 Pivoting 3 Times During YC & Being Shameless 19:06
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Apr 12, 2022
🦄 @deel went from $1 to $100M+ ARR real quick. Like, 20 months quick 🤯. Revenue grew from $4-54M in 2021, following 20x growth in 2020. While exciting, this growth brought hard-learned scaling lessons. Sharing the biggies below as @Bouazizalex and I reflect today 🧵
Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Feb 4, 2025
I still remember when @Bouazizalex and I closed our biggest client—$800 ARR—six years ago during @ycombinator We were super excited; it was our second paid client, with exponential growth from the first 😉 Today, six years later, we’ve hit $800M USD in run rate. Announcing this
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jun 5, 2025
2 years ago, I shared lessons from hitting $100M… Today, we’re at $1B run rate and profitable; the fastest-growing company in YC history 🔥 The Founder Playbooks of the past decade need to be rewritten. As Co-Founder of Deel I want to share more of how we got here… 👇
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Oct 16, 2025
1B ARR, $17.3B valuation, profitable, and running payroll for the world 🌍 Let’s keep going @deel
Molly O’Shea
@MollySOShea
Oct 16, 2025
BREAKING: Deel Raises $300M Series E at $17.3B Valuation Co-led by Ribbit, a16z & Coatue Had no idea the scale, & still growing. Huge congrats. Earlier this year, Deel surpassed $1 billion in ARR. Sept marked 3 consecutive years of profitability & a major milestone - their
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Oct 25, 2025
I can intro you to #49 😉 DM 💜
Molly O’Shea
@MollySOShea
Oct 25, 2025
I've been hesitant to share this.. but in my ultimate dream world, here’s the Sourcery 100 guest list (in no particular order):
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jun 3, 2025
$1B a number that means a lot to me as Deel’s CRO, whose role is making money to the team ♥️ Grateful to the 35k+ customers who bet on Deel to grow across borders—and to the best @deel team that makes it happen daily. We’re just getting started. Let’s keep building and keep
Alex Bouaziz
@Bouazizalex
Jun 3, 2025
🙏@shuooo & I are humbled to share that @deel has crossed $1B run rate 6 years ago, we couldn’t have imagined this. 35k customers, incredible partners & a team that moves mountains daily. Grateful for the trust. We're just getting started 🚀 deel.com/blog/deel-cele…
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Mar 25, 2024
Higher than my GPA.
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Mar 19, 2024
Happy 5th, birthday, @deel 🎂that is prob two decades in Deel years 🚀 @Bouazizalex and I have many ideas but we are only allowed to bring each other one big idea each month! That’s about 120 ideas we had for the past 5 years! I am going to share my fav one today, which is Deel
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jun 3, 2022
Look who finally got together to take a picture! Building Deel halfway around the world from one another? It's a lifestyle @Bouazizalex
Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Sep 13, 2025
Too busy growing to care 💜
Parker Conrad
@parkerconrad
Sep 12, 2025
Two birds, one stone. If you DM me, @Bouazizalex and @DanWestgarth will likely intercept it anyway.
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jan 1, 2021
2020, 2 rounds, 20X’ed revenue, 1200 companies, 2021 here we come 🔥📈
Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Jan 23, 2023
🚀 $57m -> $295m ARR 💸 EBITDA positive since Sept 📈 85%+ Gross Margin 🌎 $5B+ paid to 250k+ people Today, we celebrate a new era of Deel. Introducing Deel HR. Onboard from anywhere, then manage anyone, including local talents, in our free (yes, free) global HRIS 💯 🥞🔥 @deel
Alex Bouaziz
@Bouazizalex
Jan 23, 2023
Today, we’re launching @deel’s biggest product ever. So we wanted to look back at 2022 where we learned & improved by helping the world’s biggest brands scale their global teams: 🚀 $57m -> $295m ARR 💸 EBITDA positive since Sept 📈 85%+ Gross Margin 🌎 $5B+ paid to 250k+ people
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Shuo Wang
@shuooo
Oct 16, 2025
One of my favorite Deel values: “Default Optimism.” @Bouazizalex and I are happy people who hire happy people — we stay positive and know we can solve the toughest problems 💜 And we love Pokémons 🫶
Alex Bouaziz
@Bouazizalex
Oct 16, 2025
Deel has raised $300M at a $17.3B valuation We started about 6 years ago, struggling to even make $10K. I've never shared this before because of how embarrassing our start was. The story of how we went from $1K to $1B and the advice I'd give to my younger self:
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