When Yamini Rangan Took Over as CEO of @HubSpot-CRM

Name: When Yamini Rangan Took Over as CEO of @HubSpot-CRM
Uploaded: 2023-08-02T13:30:33+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: HubSpot's former CEO handed the role to Yamini Rangan after a personal injury forced him to step back. He had to persuade her to take it, and she's been…

2 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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HubSpot's former CEO handed the role to Yamini Rangan after a personal injury forced him to step back. He had to persuade her to take it, and she's been awesome in the job. Now as executive chair, he focuses on vision and governance while staying involved in major events and board decisions.

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And then I get hit by a bus, but they get run over me and I get hit by a tree. And so break glass, Yamini took over. And then she did a fabulous job while I was healing. And then when I was done healing, I said, you know, I'm not coming back. Would like you to be— You own it. I'd like you to be CEO. She said, I don't want to do it. She was like, I'll be COO, or you would do co-CEO. I don't want to do it. I was like, you had two choices. I can go find some schmuck from the outside, or you're doing it. She thought about it for a while. She's like, all right, I'll do it. And she's been awesome. She's been awesome.
She's clearly been awesome.
She's a great CEO. Really.
So as executive chair now, what does that mean for your work week? Like, are you still— you're 100% on HubSpot, but more working on the future and vision, or how does that fit today?
It comes and goes. Like, we had inbound last week, busy getting confused with Barack Obama, and we had a board meeting this week.