“What started in Chennai …”: Girish Mathrubootam ends the FreshWorks trip for 15 years

Girish Mathrubootham, Freshworks Founder and a pivotal figure in Rise Saas in India, will be rejected as an executive on December 1, 2025, and officially ends his role in the company he led from an emerging company to Nasdaq.

FreshWorks confirmed the exit of Mathrubootam in a file on September 3 with the US Securities and Exchange Committee, saying that he will retire from all the duties of the council to focus full time on the investment capital fund that he participated in establishing.

The driving transfer represents the company’s moment, which became one of the first Sais companies in India to the public in the United States in 2021.

As of December 1, Roxanan Austin, the independent director, will take over the role of the Chairman of the Board. Austin has been on the FreshWorks Panel since May 2021.

Freshworks said that Mathrubooth will work closely with Austin in the coming months to ensure the delivery of smooth leadership. The size of the council will be reduced to nine members, as the third -class managers have been reduced from three to two.

The departure of Mathrubootam adds to a wider direction of the founder in the after virtual technology companies, as it moves from high -growth startups to mature public companies. It confirms its transformation into the increased style of investment capital among Indian technology founders who are looking to support the next generation of startups.