Henrique Dubugras founded fintech giant Brex when he was twenty-one years old. In his journey from São Paulo to Stanford to the heights of Silicon Valley he made connections with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Now, they’re not just business connections, but friends.
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Henrique Dubugras founded fintech giant Brex when he was twenty-one years old. In his journey from São Paulo to Stanford to the heights of Silicon Valley he made connections with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Now, they’re not just business connections, but friends.
How Alex Bouaziz Built Deel Into a $17B Giant | Alex Bouaziz & Deel
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How Alex Bouaziz Built Deel Into a $17B Giant | Alex Bouaziz & Deel
Global payroll is a maze most companies dread navigating.
Deel turned it into their MOAT by streamlining HR across borders, powering remote work, and hitting a $1B+ run rate with over 5,000 employees.
Alex Bouaziz, Deel’s CEO and co-founder, grew up nerding out on Nintendo and hunted perfection from Paris to MIT. His relentless curiosity built a platform that’s rewriting how the world hires.
In this episode, we explore:
• why he wakes up obsessed with your problems, not his product
• how a Disneyland obsession shaped his entrepreneurial spark
• why he’s doubling down on AI and stablecoins
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. Onward and upward, together.
Connect with us:
1. Deel - https://x.com/deel
2. Brex - https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras
This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Being happy
02:50 Big family
11:56 Video games and math
14:59 Confidence
16:12 College and older people
23:47 America, Nintendo, Disney
26:08 MIT
26:59 Helping yourself, cold emails
31:51 PhDs are super lonely
34:38 Trying to impress
39:16 Brex
40:06 Deel
45:05 Gaming forums and money struggles
49:49 San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Paris
52:26 Remote work
54:32 Growth and value
1:00:42 Marketing and getting old
1:02:09 Next decade
1:04:07 Crypto
1:08:42 AI and payroll
1:12:00 Outro
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Henrique Dubugras founded fintech giant Brex when he was twenty-one years old. In his journey from São Paulo to Stanford to the heights of Silicon Valley he made connections with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Now, they’re not just business connections, but friends.
