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Co-founding HubSpot in 2006 with a coined term—"inbound marketing"—and a MIT dorm-room thesis, Brian Halligan built a CRM platform serving 200,000 businesses and generating $2 billion in annual revenue before stepping back as CEO in 2024.
Brian Halligan is a Co-Founder and Board Member of HubSpot, the inbound marketing and CRM platform he co-founded in 2006 with Dharmesh Shah and led as CEO until 2024.
Under his leadership the company grew into a publicly traded business generating over $2 billion in annual revenue. He coined the term 'inbound marketing' and co-authored the bestselling book of the same name.
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