# Sachin Puri

> Sachin Puri is the Chief Executive Officer of Bluehost Group (Newfold Digital), the umbrella that houses Bluehost, HostGator, Yoast, and YITH. An IIT Kanpur engineer with a Michigan Ross MBA, he spent two decades marketing and operating high-growth SaaS, security, and commerce brands - WP Engine, McAfee, StubHub, eBay, HP, Liquid Web - before taking the corner office in May 2025 with a mandate to rebuild the open web for the AI era.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Bluehost Group (Newfold Digital)
- **Organizations:** Bluehost Group, Newfold Digital, Network Solutions, WP Engine, McAfee, StubHub, eBay, HP, Liquid Web, Keystone Strategy, Mentor Graphics, National Instruments
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** B.S., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, MBA, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
- **Known for:** Named CEO of Bluehost Group by Newfold Digital in May 2025, Top 40 under 40 Brand Innovator (2019), Keynote speaker at CloudFest USA and AdExchanger's Programmatic I/O

## Career timeline

- **2002-2005** — Field Sales Engineer, National Instruments
- **2005-2009** — Senior Account Manager, Mentor Graphics
- **2011-2013** — Senior Strategy Consultant, Keystone Strategy
- **2013-2017** — Director, Digital, Media & Data Science Strategy & Operations, HP
- **2017-2019** — Senior Director, Performance Marketing, StubHub
- **2019-2022** — Vice President, Marketing, McAfee
- **2022-2025** — Chief Marketing Officer, WP Engine and later Liquid Web
- **2025** — Appointed CEO of Bluehost Group; also leads Network Solutions Group under Newfold Digital

## Achievements

- Named CEO of Bluehost Group by Newfold Digital in May 2025
- Top 40 under 40 Brand Innovator (2019)
- Keynote speaker at CloudFest USA and AdExchanger's Programmatic I/O
- McKinsey Marketing & Finance Scholar; Beta Gamma Sigma honor society
- Led marketing transformations at McAfee, StubHub, WP Engine

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Appointed CEO of Bluehost Group, succeeding the prior leadership as Newfold Digital splits its portfolio into Bluehost Group and Network Solutions Group.
- **2025-05** — First major interviews with TechRadar Pro and CloudFest USA on AI-native hosting and new ecommerce plans.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bluehost.com/about/sachin-puri
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachinpuri
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/netsolcares
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBYdL6ivcY/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/NetworkSolutions/

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