Girish Mathrubootham accepts new role after resigning as Freshworks CEO

Girish Mathrubootham, the former CEO of Freshworks, has resigned and became executive chairman. Dennis Woodside, the current president has succeeded him as CEO. With great anticipation for his new role, Mathrubootham said, "I look forward to continuing to serve Freshworks." Under his direction, the business served over 67,000 clients, went global, and hit an IPO milestone.

Mathrubootham highlighted, "After spending almost 14 years since founding Freshworks as a tiny startup in Chennai to scaling it to be a global SaaS player and the first Indian SaaS company to list on the Nasdaq, I’m excited to announce that I’m stepping into a new role as Executive Chairman of Freshworks. Dennis Woodside, our President, will be our new CEO. Congratulations to Dennis today on his new role as CEO and President of Freshworks."

He added, "Going forward I will be spending more time on product vision and AI strategy, and I look forward to spending additional time with our product teams in India and customers globally."

Woodside stated, "Today I am honored to step into the role of CEO at Freshworks. What Girish has created is truly special and I’m excited to build on what he started 14 years ago. Thank you, Girish, for your partnership and friendship over the last 18 months. We stand before extraordinary opportunities and have the right foundation to make them possible - a winning combination of our focus on delighting customers and our product innovation."

Mathrubootham started his career at HCL Cisco ODC, and went on to work across eFORCE, AdventNet and Zoho Corporation.