Girish Mathrubootham and his search for a 'Messi from Madras'

Over a decade ago, Girish Mathrubootham started Freshworks from a 700 sq ft warehouse in Chennai and scaled it up to build a global SaaS company. Recently, he's brought his entrepreneurial itch to a passion project and invested over Rs 100 crore of his personal funds to set up a world-class residential football programme—the FC Madras Football Academy