India, May 14 -- HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan, born and raised in South India, has now spent decades in the United States. However, Rangan still makes it a point to visit India regularly so her teenaged sons can stay in touch with their roots.

The Indian-American CEO of HubSpot recently sat down for a chat with Kleiner Perkins for his Grit Podcast, where she opened up about her "middle class" upbringing in India and her vastly different life in the US.

San Francisco-based Yamini Rangan today sits at the helm of a $34 billion software company and draws a staggering salary of nearly $26 million. But her life was not always this cushy.

Speaking on the Grit Podcast, the Indian-origin executive revealed that she grew up in a 350 square foot ho...