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Virtual Gurus Announces Leadership Update as Founder Bobbie Racette Steps Down as CEO and Moves into Role of Founder & President
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Virtual Gurus, the award-winning talent marketplace that connects businesses with skilled North American virtual assistants and AI-powered support, today announced that Founder Bobbie Racette has stepped down as CEO to take on the role of Founder & President, and has appointed Elliot Schneier as the company's new Chief Executive Officer.
After eight transformative years as CEO—taking Virtual Gurus from a $300 idea at her kitchen table to becoming the first Indigenous woman in Canada to close a Series A—Racette has grown the company into a platform creating real economic opportunity for the future of work, businesses, and underrepresented talent, paying out over $15M in wages to its virtual assistant talent community.
