# Girish Mathrubootham (slim)

> Girish Mathrubootham is historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO. Freshdesk API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO.

Girish Mathrubootham co-founded Freshdesk, now Freshworks, in Chennai in October 2010 after reading about Zendesk's price rises, having previously worked at Zoho.

- X: https://x.com/mrgirish

## What Girish builds

- [Freshdesk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshdesk.md), graded D, 48.6/100, in Customer support & helpdesk. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk. Historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Minakshi Khuntia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/minakshi-khuntia/), Senior Director of Product Management; Insights and Conversational AI
- [Ryan Manning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-manning/), Chief Product and Technology Officer
- [Sanjay Sharma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sanjay-sharma/), Senior Product Manager, AI Copilot
- [Shan Krishnasamy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shan-krishnasamy/), Historical co-founder and CTO

## Questions

### Who is Girish Mathrubootham?

Girish Mathrubootham co-founded Freshdesk, now Freshworks, in Chennai in October 2010 after reading about Zendesk's price rises, having previously worked at Zoho.

### What does Freshworks make?

Anchor Terminal lists Freshdesk API + MCP from Freshworks.

### How are Girish's tools graded?

Freshdesk API + MCP is graded D, 48.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.freshworks.com/theworks/company-news/freshworks-golden-birthday-13/
- https://www.freshworks.com/company/leadership/
- https://x.com/mrgirish
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/khuntiaminakshi
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-sharma-sb
- https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/
- https://support.freshworks.com/support/home
- https://www.freshworks.com/company/about/
- https://support.freshdesk.com/support/home
- https://www.freshworks.com/support/

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