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  "markdown": "Historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO.\n\nGirish Mathrubootham co-founded Freshdesk, now Freshworks, in Chennai in October 2010 after reading about Zendesk's price rises, having previously worked at Zoho. He led the company as CEO through its Nasdaq listing in September 2021 and became executive chairman in May 2024.\n\n- X: https://x.com/mrgirish\n\n## What Girish builds\n\n- [Freshdesk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshdesk.md), graded D, 48.6/100, in Customer support \u0026 helpdesk. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk. Historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Minakshi Khuntia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/minakshi-khuntia/), Senior Director of Product Management; Insights and Conversational AI\n- [Ryan Manning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-manning/), Chief Product and Technology Officer\n- [Sanjay Sharma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sanjay-sharma/), Senior Product Manager, AI Copilot\n- [Shan Krishnasamy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shan-krishnasamy/), Historical co-founder and CTO\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Girish Mathrubootham?\n\nGirish Mathrubootham co-founded Freshdesk, now Freshworks, in Chennai in October 2010 after reading about Zendesk's price rises, having previously worked at Zoho. He led the company as CEO through its Nasdaq listing in September 2021 and became executive chairman in May 2024.\n\n### What does Freshworks make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Freshdesk API + MCP from Freshworks. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk.\n\n### How are Girish's tools graded?\n\nFreshdesk API + MCP is graded D, 48.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.freshworks.com/theworks/company-news/freshworks-golden-birthday-13/\n- https://www.freshworks.com/company/leadership/\n- https://x.com/mrgirish\n- https://in.linkedin.com/in/khuntiaminakshi\n- https://in.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-sharma-sb\n- https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/\n- https://support.freshworks.com/support/home\n- https://www.freshworks.com/company/about/\n- https://support.freshdesk.com/support/home\n- https://www.freshworks.com/support/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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