Software Developer HubSpot Promotes Chief Customer Officer Yamini Rangan to CEO

Yamini Rangan, the Chief Customer Officer at software developer HubSpot has been promoted to be the company’s CEO, effective Sept. 7. “Current CEO Brian Halligan will step into the role of executive chairman. “We’re excited for this new chapter in HubSpot’s journey and what it means for our customers, partners, employees, and shareholders,” the company said in a press release. “The combination of our founders’ vision and leadership, with Yamini’s extensive experience scaling high-growth companies, means HubSpot’s future is exceptionally bright.”

“I’m deeply humbled, grateful and excited to take on this new opportunity in partnership with [co-founder and executive chairman] Brian [Halligan], [co-founder and CTO] Dharmesh [Shah], and the entire HubSpot team,” Rangan said in the statement.
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Rangan has been overseeing day-to-day operations at HubSpot since March 2021, “managing board meetings, the HubSpot earnings call, and key hiring and growth initiatives, working closely with the co-founder & CTO Dharmesh Shah,” as per the company press release.

According to The Boston Globe, Halligan and Shah started HubSpot in 2006 after graduating together from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. They took the company public in 2014.

Rangan joined HubSpot in 2020 as Chief Customer Officer. She has over 25 years of experience in technology across CRM, ERP, and collaboration markets from companies including Dropbox, Workday, and SAP.

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“Her operational excellence combined with deep empathy for customers has not only led our business to a new level of growth over the past year but has been foundational in supporting our customers and partners during the COVID-19 pandemic,” as per the company press release.

(Top photo: Yamini Rangan with outgoing CEO Brian Halligan.)