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Yamini Rangan

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Yamini Rangan is the Chief Executive Officer of HubSpot, the leading CRM and inbound marketing platform, where she has been instrumental in scaling the company's go-to-market strategy and deepening its focus on customer success. She became CEO in September 2021, having previously served as HubSpot's first-ever Chief Customer Officer starting in 2020. Under her leadership, HubSpot has continued to expand its platform capabilities, grow its customer base to over 200,000 businesses globally, and strengthen its position as a central hub for marketing, sales, and service technology. Before joining HubSpot, Rangan served as Chief Customer Officer at Dropbox, where she led customer-facing functions including sales, marketing, and customer success. Prior to Dropbox, she spent over a decade at Workday as Vice President of Sales Strategy and Operations, and earlier held significant roles at SAP and Siebel Systems. Her career trajectory reflects a deep expertise in enterprise software, revenue operations, and customer lifecycle management — disciplines that are increasingly central to the modern MarTech and AdTech stack. Rangan is widely recognized as a thought leader on customer-led growth, the alignment of marketing and sales functions, and the evolution of CRM as a foundational layer for data-driven marketing. While HubSpot operates primarily in the MarTech space, its CRM and data infrastructure increasingly intersect with AdTech workflows, particularly around first-party data strategy, audience segmentation, and marketing attribution — areas where Rangan's vision has had meaningful industry influence.

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Role
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Based
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Years in industry
25 years

Bio

Yamini Rangan is the Chief Executive Officer of HubSpot, the leading CRM and inbound marketing platform, where she has been instrumental in scaling the company's go-to-market strategy and deepening its focus on customer success. She became CEO in September 2021, having previously served as HubSpot's first-ever Chief Customer Officer starting in 2020. Under her leadership, HubSpot has continued to expand its platform capabilities, grow its customer base to over 200,000 businesses globally, and strengthen its position as a central hub for marketing, sales, and service technology. Before joining HubSpot, Rangan served as Chief Customer Officer at Dropbox, where she led customer-facing functions including sales, marketing, and customer success. Prior to Dropbox, she spent over a decade at Workday as Vice President of Sales Strategy and Operations, and earlier held significant roles at SAP and Siebel Systems. Her career trajectory reflects a deep expertise in enterprise software, revenue operations, and customer lifecycle management — disciplines that are increasingly central to the modern MarTech and AdTech stack. Rangan is widely recognized as a thought leader on customer-led growth, the alignment of marketing and sales functions, and the evolution of CRM as a foundational layer for data-driven marketing. While HubSpot operates primarily in the MarTech space, its CRM and data infrastructure increasingly intersect with AdTech workflows, particularly around first-party data strategy, audience segmentation, and marketing attribution — areas where Rangan's vision has had meaningful industry influence.

Career

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Expertise & education

Expertise

CRM StrategyCustomer-Led GrowthRevenue OperationsFirst-Party Data StrategyMarketing Technology (MarTech)Go-To-Market StrategyMarketing and Sales AlignmentSaaS Business Models

Education

  • MBA, University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business)
  • Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Trichy (NIT Trichy), India

Speaking topics

Customer-Led Growth and the Future of CRMAligning Marketing, Sales, and Customer SuccessFirst-Party Data and the Future of MarketingWomen in Technology and LeadershipScaling SaaS Go-To-Market Strategies

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Became HubSpot's first Chief Customer Officer in 2020, a newly created role reflecting the company's customer-centric strategy
  • Appointed CEO of HubSpot in September 2021, succeeding co-founder Brian Halligan
  • Led HubSpot through significant revenue growth, surpassing $2 billion in annual recurring revenue
  • Oversaw HubSpot's expansion of its CRM platform to serve over 200,000 customers globally

Awards

Named to Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business listRecognized on Forbes' list of America's Self-Made Women

Publications

  • Regular contributor to HubSpot's executive blog and thought leadership content on customer-centric growth
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