India, May 4 -- SaaS giant Zoho's cofounder Sridhar Vembu believes that leading a public company is a "lot lot" harder than running a private company.

In a post on X, he termed helming a listed company akin to being on the treadmill all the time, adding that a private entity can invest in long-term research and development (R&D) and infrastructure without worrying about quarterly numbers.

His comments came in the backdrop of Girish Mathrubootham stepping down as the CEO of Nasdaq-listed SaaS company Freshworks. Prior to founding Freshworks, Mathrubootham served as the vice president of product management at Zoho for 12 years and worked closely with Vembu.

The Zoho CEO also said that the "pressure" of managing the stock price of a publi...