Brokers, wealth managers hate us and we are okay with that: Nikhil Kamath

Last year, he and his brother Nithin jettisoned into a club of the country's 100 wealthiest with their net worth pegged at around Rs 24,000 crore

It’s a bustling Monday evening in Mumbai and I’m catching up with Nikhil Kamath, the 34-year-old co-founder of Zerodha, India’s largest stock brokerage firm. We are meeting for dinner at Ming Yang, the Chinese restaurant at the Taj Lands End.

Given the steady trickle of guests coming into the hotel that has long been a Bollywood favourite, one would think the pandemic has been quelled. I’m a little early and request a table while I wait for Kamath, who arrives minutes later.

Dressed in jeans and a designer white t-shirt imprinted with what appears to be a blue skeleton and a tattoo