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.

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Nithin Kamath