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    Job van der Voort

    Job van der Voort is the CEO of Remote, a platform that helps companies hire and manage remote workers. He is a remote work expert and has written extensively on the topic.

    #39 Remote Work
    18CiteRank

    Last updated 13 Nov 2026 · Named in 13 answers across 4 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines recognize Job van der Voort as the co-founder and CEO of Remote, founded in 2019 with Marcelo Lebre after he served as VP of Product at GitLab, with an earlier neuroscience background. ChatGPT adds themes of outcome based management and asynchronous communication. Copilot gives funding and growth figures. Gemini mentions the employer of record model. Perplexity adds his studies in cognitive neuroscience. The most cited domains are mercury.com, remote.com and clay.com, with remote.com cited by ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Perplexity.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 1 answers

      ChatGPT says van der Voort co-founded Remote in 2019 after being VP of Product at GitLab, and argues for outcome based management, asynchronous communication and trust.

      Known for
      • building global employment infrastructure
      • outcome based management
      • asynchronous communication
    • GeminiNamed in 7 answers

      Gemini describes van der Voort as a neuroscientist turned GitLab VP of Product who co-founded Remote to simplify international payroll, compliance and benefits.

      Known for
      • global employment platform
      • distributed first company principles
      • scaling Remote without headquarters
    • Google AI ModeNot named

      Google AI Mode says van der Voort was VP of Product at GitLab, co-founded Remote in 2019, and advocates asynchronous work through an employer of record platform.

      Known for
      • employer of record platform
      • asynchronous work cultures
      • documentation and trust based management
    • PerplexityNamed in 2 answers

      Perplexity says van der Voort helped scale GitLab as an all remote company and co-founded Remote to remove legal, payroll and compliance barriers to hiring internationally.

      Known for
      • global employment design
      • scaling GitLab all remote
      • connecting culture and operations
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    • CopilotNamed in 3 answers

      Copilot says van der Voort began as a neuroscientist, helped scale GitLab, and co-founded Remote to handle payroll, benefits and compliance for distributed teams across more than 100 countries.

      Known for
      • solving remote work compliance
      • scaling Remote rapidly
      • hiring on ability not location

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    • #39Remote Workof 62
      Named in 28 answers

    Top URLs

    1. 1
      Report: Top 55 Remote Work Thought Leaders - FlexOS
      flexos.work8 citations
    2. 2
      Top 25 remote work influencers | Outsource Accelerator
      outsourceaccelerator.com4 citations
    3. 3
      Best Hybrid Work Influencers To Follow: 2026 List
      archieapp.co3 citations

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