secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Freshworks Inc. (FRSH)
CIK:        0001544522
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001544522-24-000036
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Freshworks founder Mathrubootham steps down as CEO; Woodside appointed CEO
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- Dennis Woodside, previously President, becomes CEO & President effective May 1, 2024.
- Girish Mathrubootham, founder and former CEO, transitions to Executive Chairman and remains Board Chair.
- Woodside joined Freshworks in Sept 2022; previously COO at Dropbox and CEO of Motorola Mobility.
- Mathrubootham founded Freshworks in 2010, led 2021 IPO; company now serves 67,000+ customers globally.
- Woodside to continue executing growth plan focused on enterprise and mid-market customers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452224000036/0001544522-24-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452224000036/frsh-20240501.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544522-24-000036

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