Built by Operators, Not Theorists

The Real Story Behind 10xHire

Our founders set out to build a platform for elite fractional professionals.
But the real blocker wasn’t talent—it was broken recruitment. 

Resumes told stories; interviews lacked depth; hiring managers were left digging. Everyone loved the concept of a fractional professional platform, but they felt more like headhunters. So they built the thing they couldn’t find: an automated system that hires based on execution, not talk.

Founder & CEO

Angelique Schouten

Co-founder & Tech Lead

Anton Zhelyazkov

Our founders

Meet the Minds who are Ending Traditional Hiring

Angelique and Anton built their careers scaling complex businesses across finance, tech, and services—working in high-stakes environments where speed and execution made or broke success.

They launched 10x.team to connect companies with top fractional professionals. But they quickly hit a wall: recruitment was fundamentally broken. Sourcing was outdated. Interviews were superficial. Hiring managers were left digging deep—with no signal, no speed, and no real data.

And if recruitment didn’t work, fractional teams couldn’t work either.

So in evenings and weekends, they started building what they wished they had: an execution-first hiring engine. Not a better resume parser. A better talent predictor.

That’s how 10xHire was born: to help hiring managers focus only on top-performing, execution-ready talent—so they can move fast and hire right.

We believe the future of work starts with how you hire and who you hire.

Loved by Hiring Managers and Talent Teams Worldwide

Delivering Excellence at Scale

Curated Talent. Exceptional Ratings. Backed by Billion-Dollar Clients.

Our Motto

Focus on outcomes

We’ve founded 10x to make a difference; for start-ups, scale-ups and grown-up companies.

Most people talk; we do things.

They plan; we achieve.

They hesitate; we move ahead.

Meet Our Team

CRO

Bart Koetsier

Acct Executive

Philip vd Heijden

Ops Manager

Ioana Tomut

Personal Assistant

Maxime Elzinga

Marketing Manager

Carla Martinez S.

Our Mission

Recruitment is broken.
Traditional recruiters and headhunters tap the same exhausted talent pools—driven by placements, not performance. Hiring managers are left doing the hard work: digging deeper, validating capabilities, and taking the real risk. With 20% to 50% of new hires are gone or deemed unsuccessful within a year or two leading to a total cost of $540 billion per year globally.

At 10xHire, our mission is to change that. We help companies hire based on execution, not promises—using AI simulations, outcome-based assessments, and a global talent network designed for action.

As part of 10x.team, we believe we are all part of something bigger. Just like each thread in a woven fabric, every person, team, and company forms a piece of the larger pattern. 10xHire exists to help you find the right thread—so your company’s fabric is built to last, grow, and thrive.

We believe the future of work starts with how you hire and who you hire.

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Discover how 10xHire empowers your team to craft roles, source smarter, talk with candidates through AI-led interviews, and rank them – so you can hire the right talent, faster. Pick a slot and get a hands-on walkthrough of the 10xHire platform: built for real hiring challenges and powered by agentic AI.

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We help hiring teams craft roles, source talent, interview and rank top candidates. The result: better hires, faster.