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Guillermo Rauch

CEO Vercel

Founder and CEO of Vercel. Creator of Socket.IO and other open source projects. Argentine-American entrepreneur.

Career History

Vercel Current

CEO

Track Record

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Met with Israeli PM Netanyahu to discuss AI, sparking employee resignations and boycott calls

Sep 29, 2025

On September 29, 2025, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during the Gaza war and posted a selfie on X. The meeting sparked employee resignations and calls from customers to boycott Vercel. Companies like Pluid and Loopify announced they would leave Vercel. Rauch later disputed the scale of the backlash.

- Humanitarian Aid & Global Health

Sources: Middle East Eye· Yahoo Finance

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Publicly congratulated Trump on election victory, praising role of X and podcasts

Nov 6, 2024

→ Trump Administration (2025-)

On November 6, 2024, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch posted on X: 'Congrats President Trump. Excited about the impact X, prediction markets, citizen journalism, podcasts, and the open web played in fostering democracy and a free media. It's a new world.'

Sources: X (Twitter)