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Nikhil Kamath
Zerodha / True Beacon · Bengaluru
School dropout at 14. Call center at 17. Billionaire by 35 — without a single funding round.
Outsider edgeBootstrap-firstPublic intellectual
Company
Zerodha / True Beacon
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2006Dropped out of school at 17. Started trading.
- 2010Co-founded Zerodha with brother Nithin.
- 2019Launched True Beacon — wealth for India's ultra-rich.
- 2023Joined Giving Pledge. Most-listened-to founder in India.
Struggles
Family thought he'd amount to nothing. Hid his stock trading from his father for years.
Family
Brother Nithin is co-founder. Unmarried, vocal about it.
Related on Empire
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgNikhil Kamath on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comZerodha / True Beacon — official site
- ↗news.google.comNikhil Kamath in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comZerodha / True Beacon on Crunchbase
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The full story
Nikhil Kamath, in 1 chapters.
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The story
School dropout at 14. Call center at 17. Billionaire by 35 — without a single funding round.
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