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Austin Prakesh

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Austin Prakesh is an Indian business executive and the Director of Strategy at Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count. In this role, he is responsible for Zerodha’s corporate strategy development, business development activities, and engagement with the broader Indian fintech and financial services ecosystem. He is one of the senior non-technical professionals in Zerodha’s leadership and is associated with the company’s ecosystem partnerships and new strategic initiatives.

Kailash Nadh

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Kailash Nadh is an Indian software engineer, open-source developer, and the chief technology officer (CTO) of Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count. He is the principal architect of Kite , Zerodha’s flagship web and mobile trading platform, and of Zerodha Console , the company’s back-office reporting and analytics platform. Nadh is recognised internationally in the open-source software community for creating and maintaining a number of widely adopted libraries and applications, including Listmonk, a self-hosted newsletter manager, and Koanf, a configuration management library for Go. He is a prominent advocate for open-source software, minimal software design, and engineering culture that prioritises clarity and correctness over complexity.

Karthik Rangappa

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Karthik Rangappa is an Indian finance educator and the Chief of Education at Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count. He is the primary author and architect of Varsity , Zerodha’s free-to-access financial literacy platform, which comprises structured modules on equities, derivatives, personal finance, and quantitative trading strategies. Since its launch in the mid-2010s, Varsity has been used by millions of readers and is widely regarded as the most comprehensive freely available resource for retail financial education in India. Rangappa is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and has contributed to financial education through media appearances, community participation, and mentorship in addition to the Varsity platform.

Nikhil Kamath

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Nikhil Kamath (born 26 September 1986, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count, and the founder of True Beacon , an alternative asset management firm that manages wealth for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. He is the younger brother of Nithin Kamath , Zerodha’s founder and chief executive officer. Nikhil Kamath is also known as the host of the WTF Podcast, a long-form interview series that has hosted prominent Indian political, business, and cultural figures. He has been featured in Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list and in Forbes India’s billionaire rankings. He is a signatory to the Giving Pledge.

Nithin Kamath

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Nithin Kamath (born 5 October 1979, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and chief executive officer of Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count as ranked by the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange . Launched in 2010, Zerodha introduced a flat-fee brokerage model to the Indian market that disrupted a commission-based industry and, by the mid-2020s, had accumulated more than thirteen million registered clients and had become one of the most profitable private financial services companies in India. Kamath is also a co-founder of Rainmatter Capital , a fintech-focused venture fund affiliated with Zerodha, and has been a vocal advocate for open-source software adoption in Indian financial services and for responsible access to retail derivatives markets.

Seema Patil

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Seema Patil is an Indian businessperson and a Director of Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count. She is one of the named directors of Zerodha Broking Limited as recorded in filings with India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and is the spouse of Nithin Kamath , Zerodha’s founder and chief executive officer. Her directorial role carries statutory responsibilities under the Companies Act 2013 and places her within the formal governance structure of one of India’s most significant private financial services companies.

Venu Madhav

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Venu Madhav is an Indian financial services executive and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Zerodha , India’s largest retail stockbroker by active client count as determined by rankings published by the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange . In his role as COO, he is responsible for the operational functions of the company, including client onboarding and account management, compliance operations, settlement and fund management, and customer support. He is one of the senior members of Zerodha’s leadership team and has been associated with the company for a substantial portion of its operating history since its 2010 founding.