The Zerodha story: Nithin Kamath shares his bootstrapped entrepreneurial journey

Nithin Kamath, Zerodha founder and CEO shares the bootstrapped story of Zerodha at UnPluggd, India's biggest startup conference.
Nithin had been a stock trader for over a decade before founding Zerodha in 2010, discount brokerage, widely credited as being a disruptive force in the Indian broking industry.

[@SHEIKH481]

history will remember you as a person who made common man a trader and an investor. Zerodah and Kite are your innovation and you deserve an award. Hats off to you!

[@onkarshinde4424]

SHEIKH SHOWKAT zeroda not zerodah

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M - true story

[@skitrip2948]

Truely agree with you

[@shabierism]

@@onkarshinde4424 -Zerodha not Zeroda

[@AnmolKumar-wd1rv]

@@onkarshinde4424 Zerodha not zeroda fool

[@saketh719]

He have this talk when Zerodha had 300k users. Today, the user count is over 4 Million. Hatsoff to Nithin and his team for the exeptional performance :)

[@silversurfer1967]

I think its more than 9 million today

[@maheshgehani3750]

I just watched this speech in August 2021 when Zerodha became the India's largest brokerage firm. Kudos to this calm, honest and humble guy. Mr. Nitin you are like Reliance Jio in brokerage business.

[@CoffeeRoamer]

i remember meeting you in bangalore in 2006 or 2007 when you were in reliance money... you even took me in your car ( i think audi car!!!) and dropped me to help me catch my bus to my room after my account opening (my IT job time) i remember your name and voice and how you were polite in getting my reliance money trading account.. im AWESTRUCK now to know you are the CEO of zerodha.... greattttttttttttt

[@vking4535]

Is this true? So he had audi at such young age?

[@harishkaithakkattu5516]

but audi launhed india in 2008 i think?

[@pradeepsahu01]

Kpglgojj .. hu8hi

[@yogeshjadhav-ls6hq]

I also used to meet him everyday in school

[@aryaupadhyay6119]

@@harishkaithakkattu5516 yes brother it was march 2007 when audi partnership with Volkswagen india to distribute their car's

[@Debivlogs]

A quote strikes me while watching this. "The idea is to become rich and not look rich"

[@pandiandtk]

Great word

[@parinamanpadalgal1691]

I love the way he speaks.right from his heart.so transparent as his zerodha.

[@triples5399]

2017- Nithin: Hello guys I'm founder of Zerodha 2021- No intro required

[@bharathaexpress463]

ನೀವು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಅನ್ನೋದು ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ! ಒಂದ್ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ ಬರಲಿ

[@Ganesh_bhat]

Ohh howda

[@gamesandgames1]

I remember signing those 25-pages form. I felt excited about opening my first trading account that I did not mind it. Thank you Zerodha. I have learnt a lot because of you.

[@anupamshrimali]

Nithin, your story is inspiring for the young entrepreneurs and the youth. I've been using your platform since 2016. The moment I switched to Zerodha, I knew I had made the right choice. Your team was proactive in helping opening the account, your platform user friendly and cost of brokerage I had been paying to ICICI/HDFC was reduced to zero. Keep it up. God bless you and your team

[@VaraMARVELleader]

Thanks for Providing best platform for Trading. Background Color(White) of Zerodha is very Friendly in nature...

[@ashwinkumarkhairnar4726]

I would prefer dark background and white text....That is best. In whilte you miss some important details..

[@faheemnawaz3363]

How much u earned till now

[@joel7613]

Which is better Zerodha and upstock

[@ramkumarananthapalli7151]

The best talk I have ever heard. Zerodha is really one of the best innovative and customer friendly companies in recent years. He is real inspiration to the youth.

[@chetansuralkar6701]

Seriously guys!! Nobody wanna talk about his commendable oratory skills

[@SITARAM-ou3oh]

Mr. CEO of Zerodha , I am extremely pleased to listen a beautiful mind with wonderful thoughts , You can guess how powerful influential personality you are that within 30 minutes I am convinced to invest in Zerodha for longer period of time. I can bet you that you are going to be an indian version of Warren Buffet. May god really really bless you.

[@sagarsridhar3310]

Amazing dude! The way you speak and the confidence you have in yourself is too cool! I'm from Bangalore as well, kudos to you entrepreneurs :) - Sagar, Toronto

[@shivarajadihudi9680]

He is not from Bangalore

[@arunkumaran2155]

Nitin... Thanks for Zerodha from the bottom of my heart... Without you, this industry would have been struck in the previous century...

[@tinygamereview7266]

Man.. This is what I call being Open and humble.. I never ever heard any CEO being so open...

[@yazanmarwan438]

!!ء

[@yazanmarwan438]

!

[@activethoughts5351]

I am a Zerodha user and very happy about it. He seems to be a very cool, confident and sincere businessman. Keep it up.

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍

[@chinmayadhiman3358]

he explains everything with proper relatable eg. nice

[@flyingtimejetage]

I AM THE THIRTY FOURTH CLIENT OF YOUR ZERODHA......

[@UBSINGH-pd7fp]

Good decision. This person looks very genuine and passionate of what he is doing. I am not yet into share market but one of my friend asked me to read all those modules written by him.

[@chetansinghmusic]

watch the mind blowig anaylsis of crude : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWPbp2h-h5unb6c watch the mind blowing analsis of nifty : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoDVo6iCg51lgpI

[@narainlalwani]

Since 8 months I am facing problem in Zerodha and zerodha staff has taken for granted from february 2020 i have sent 3 times modification form from mumbai to bangalore but they are not ready to work. Please can anybody help to share email of high authority in which I share my predicament. Pls anybody can share ceo or director email of zerodha.. pls share on this or email me on "[e-mail]"

[@ayankhan-ko7xe]

@@UBSINGH-pd7fp czc

[@vijayk9457]

What Zerodha does to me is, i used to pay Profit(s) to icici direct as Brok. charges. After zerodha, im saving those Profits as borkerage is Free for Delivery!!

[@nitinchipkar6516]

I AGREE WITH YOU .. ICICI DIRECT CHARGING SO MUCH NEARLY 90% I WAS LOST MY MONEY IN THE NAME OF THE BROKERAGES AND 10 % IT WAS MY ORIGINAL LOSS OF STOCK MARKET... NOW I AM USING ZERODHA...

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍

[@ankushsssss]

Quarantine day 11 : he said "you know" about 6256 times

[@bhushanrao9747]

"So" more than 'you know'

[@sahilmadaan1]

Lol...But he's definitely one of the smartest guy who made this trading so easy. So we can relax him for that

[@pramodshah9447]

Which algorithm you use?

[@tkchannel2883]

Height of listening.....and u listen only "u know"

[@mallikmeti]

He is saying You Know so many times because he thinks you know and equal to him...but here you are presenting yourself quite the opposit way he expected you to be

[@gkjvk]

Great , you struggled and succeeded , you are diffrent than others , Kudos to you and your team

[@elanthendralmariappan4500]

Common man also can achieve. You proved. Excellent.

[@smritisharan-sfdcamplified]

It’s incredible way of telling every challenge he faced and how he brought solution. So transparent about how he built the business. Very good learning .. 1. Having before hand trading experience helped 2. Found a gap of providing transparency, low cost to business 3. When competition came he went out of box - creating blog , tech to the best 4. When he created app. He made it very simple. Nothing fancy and only things what people need 5. Never gave add, just word of mouth 7. His business went viral with putting 0 Rs brokerage fee 8. When press puts something we believe. Brought creditability to his business 9. He never raised funds 10. He is not from an awesome college. Just a normal guy having passion in what he does

[@satyavathinalabothu4896]

Thanks to ZERODHA for giving good opportunity to investors thank you very much sir

[@Svd307]

thanks is all i can say... your platform changed many things around me ...though I have hard time connecting to call centre of zerodha but still.. thanks

[@Sunil.Gidwani]

I had used 10 to 12 company account but zerodha is best in market.

[@investorsudhir9299]

Luckily I started with it.

[@shravanhegde741]

Try angel broking too

[@coolzeus69]

I started with upstox and switched to zerodha after losing money with upstox

[@milindraghav3492]

Thank you very much Nitin for Zerodha !!! Appreciate your approach towards bringing a common man to a stock market investor. 100 out of 100 for your simple website with white colour platform. Awesome !! It goes very soft on eyes to see Zerodha website & trade on it. Very simple & very sincere.

[@smarajitroy5308]

Yes Zerodha is best..No other platforms provide such good user interface.

[@parigi2186]

Yes

[@kaushikmozinderbaruah6304]

This is one if the best I have seen on KZbin. His story is no less than that of Mr Murthys and Mr Kotaks of the world

[@aquablooms]

Congrats Nithin.....Great journey, go ahead..!!!

[@sanatb3990]

Man this guy is damn humble. Brilliant

[@gopinathg1339]

Nitin bhai... Ur idealogy is superb....👌👌👌👌 Zerodha better always...

[@sagarthakkar3735]

Excellent thing about his speech is that he is not only storytelling his entire journey but he has also plugged facts and figures in such a way that those number have just been a part of his speech and not the highlighting factors. This approach helps the audience to register the figures as well as not lose the track on the storytelling journey.

[@ashishjaviya14]

Truly inspirational, specially the last 10 mins. I usually dnt comment as such but looking forward to be another "Nithin Kamath". Usually the challenge in life is .. we see is thinking to much and scared the break down. I wish to get a courage and knowledge like you. Hope see you personally some day. I will not chase you and wait for the lotus. :)

[@ghoshandcompany]

thank you sir... From core of my heart I want to thank you for the platform you provided for my wealth generation journey

[@bhatiap]

Humble guy with good clarity

[@pradeepbhalli]

I have been in the share market since 40 years, now i am using your zerodha for my purchases as i am a long time investor , it's so easy for trading. Thanks for giving such a user-friendly interface

[@govindrudrawar2540]

I went bust quite a few times. I felt that when you said don't chase laxmi.

[@ForexTradeMinds]

One day I'll be like you sir now I'm 21 age I started intraday trading and investing in stock...

[@praveenhegde8107]

Be yourself , he was.

[@ritikgupta3981]

Who is watching this video after Kamath sir has become a billionaire

[@sandeep4403]

Very inspiring... got to learn a few things from your story.... Do what you are good at, and do it again and again and again.... eventually you will taste success.... on a lighter note... it always helps to have marwari friends ;)

[@pashurammelting1146]

Sandeep Jopat By

[@blue-crystal]

Candid . A rare quality to find.

[@adi6183]

this dude is a one the better founders in indian startup system and is going to build many successful business

[@rishabh_sk_kashyap9693]

grab a few bottles of vodka, take a shot every time Nithin says "SO"

[@Anjan407]

Sloshed within the minute of video

[@thelionwantstoroar]

He was little nervous I guess and also he had no script

[@mandalsalman]

Dude, this comment fucked my watching experience. Now I am counting "so" rather than listening to Nithin

[@roshhack]

Stop finding negatives. It was a good listen

[@debanshdash9312]

Just goes to show honesty and transparency goes a long way.

[@anbarasans7934]

I ❤️ to trade with Zerodha! Thanks Man..

[@dbdb8800]

Nithin Kamath . . . Made My Life . . . . Gratitude Sir . . . 😊💐

[@TradersWorld]

So candid! Loved it

[@taxhelprservices184]

So Inspiring! Would love more such insights from you Nithin.

[@ChetanPatil-tp9on]

this is the best video of his till now.

[@mikerobertson6346]

*Friends I'm not telling you to resign from Your Job or abandon Your business, I'm telling you to create another source of income.....BE wise*

[@jenniferlopezs9995]

Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today

[@louisanderson2423]

Most intelligent words I've heard.

[@davidmiller2318]

Crypto is the new gold

[@derickmacall2541]

I wanted to trade Crypto but got discouraged by the fluctuations in price

[@christinedaniel5311]

@prosper That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like Mr Barry Silbert

[@rajnikant960]

It seems a great journey indeed...and a lot more to come

[@shashankworldpeace]

What an inspiring journey and the way you delivered it is simple, calm and top notch! After a bit of ground work finally decided to go with Zerodha trading platform. All the best for guys, kudos to your hard work.

[@rajuvvr3016]

Nitin Zerodha is a Great Gift to us. Thank you

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍

[@rmg1269]

Trust is everything, he knew it, so zerodha does us so much that no other broker can do ...

[@Blofeld811]

One of the few that can be trusted fully

[@MrJayvijay]

really gr88 initiative... Hatss off Nitin Kamath... Zerodha is best...

[@smart1963]

No recommendations and Tips. Good policy. Integrated with streak and smallcase are well thought strategies. Different type of charts and a lot of indicators, really nice. A brief and clear guide on the indicators and charts are essentially required and need to be integrated with kite.

[@JJ-bz4il]

Awesome platform started trading through kite when quarantine started...I'm happy to trade through this as on exact rate the stock you purchased is displayed. so easy and elegant to access the app....

[@MrPinyworld]

Inspiring story. Very humble Nithin. Great achievements

[@hiteshmalviya186]

Definitely

[@worldofahana820]

Good, insightful talk.

[@ravindertalwar553]

Congratulations 👏 and lots of love and blessings for your wonderful journey 💓

[@jayachandraduthie1223]

Great speach. Today 2021 customer of 4 million. Hard work works.

[@dineshgill9664]

The color theme similar to smoke white is very user friendly. Thanks for developing such a great platform.

[@sachinaher51]

So simple & nice speech

[@mohitkesarwani3935]

always remember'try try but don't cry)

[@aniketbansode93]

I have been investing with zerodha for last 2 years and loved it....!! Now Eagerly waiting for Zerodha to start Algorithmic trading for common indians!!

[@kuladeeparun]

Check out Streak

[@mukunderande6558]

Not able to transfer money to my zerodha account. Tried many times to contact Nandish. Not successful yet to activate Tej app. Pl guide

[@sampathkumar7136]

I heard some voice at 3: 27 like"pogamudiyathu poda dey"(Tamil). Does anyone noticed that?

[@RaviKotresh]

I've done my registration today with Zerodha and felt extremely comfortable in the entire process. My biggest thanks to your technology partner Digio and your customer support.They're amazing & Now after watching this video, i am proud that i have taken one of the bestest decisions of my life by choosing you.Thanks for creating the hasssle free platform for us. I am sure, you will go heights.. !! Best wishes 👍

[@HKerish]

Nice story. Inspired

[@suryachari5660]

We proud of you Nitin

[@trade2travel613]

Very nice speech from the heart and the success of zerodha is because of his hardwood and passion...very inspiring...hat off to your calculated risk and you are an inspiration to all the youngsters.....

[@titogoon]

Nithin vai ap 100 sal jio, jai ho ap ka

[@Abhishek_ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ]

Amazing speech!!

[@prakashkumar8478]

Its a really great video for everyone invested person and all of us

[@rajeshekbote]

Kite is good platform however it stucks when you need most. On every Thursday, Options for BankNifty and Nifty will not be available for trading with some weared error messages. Moreover, whenever voice is raised, Mr Kamat denied any issues in the platform and that is really painful. THough they offer low brokerage, their other charges like OFS are really high.

[@atomic-vacuum]

Do you charge seperately for all apps I mean AMC?

[@pradeepkumar3221]

U revolutionized Indian stock market sir...

[@karliomprakash4735]

very great humanity in approach thanks for your generosity for the clients helping them in trading heavily in intraday

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍

[@soosaifrangline7949]

Hi very good normal presentation

[@DilipKumar-dm7ur]

Great respect for you sir. Zerodha the great

[@johnmkharkongor6924]

All the best to you...thanks for Zerodha...

[@dopalol3940]

ICICI or sharekhan or zerodha or 5paisa.... Please suggest

[@mubashirakkarakkadan3314]

33:13 eye opening dialogue for a trader

[@rahulg9621]

Just now I opened account in zerodha. Hopefully get better experience..

[@saravanakumarpp9329]

Hi Nithin, i am one of the people who is inspired by the way you have turned yourself in these developing years, and you have opened a great gateway for the next gen investors. i can feel that while trading my account ,even at a tea time wherever i am . i am all good with your thought process shared except in one thing about commissions in business of insurance .see people like you have to deliver the benefits of real insurance in your communications its not only a business for commission. in your business you too take a charge for whatever the value but insurance is not an investment tool its a life saving tool to rebalance the uncertainty of you or your families financial stability. pls just don't tell its a product for commission hereafter , even if you are not clear about insurance its ok .when you speak up on stage people are hearing to what your views are as an establised succesor. hope you read the underlying care for the society.

[@jyotipatil7485]

Very honestly explained

[@munirathnam96]

ZeroDha is a Most responsive Brokerage ... very quick-ease of interaction and a nice platform .

[@rahulapps5342]

You are inspiration for us.

[@sujayshetty1618]

Why am I using Upstox and not Zerodha?

[@josefrancis7126]

i aM 64 YYEARS OL.D zERO DHA PLATFORM IS A MATCH FOR THE AMERICAN PLATFORMS. JOSE FRANCIS NORTH OF COCHIN. CONGRATS NIDHIN KEEP IT UP. COMES ACROSS AS A CANDID MAN. GOOD

[@faheemnawaz3363]

Do u invest in stocks

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍

[@agastyaplays8445]

I am just thinking what I was doing in 2008/2009/2010 etc and wondering I didn't achieve anything in last 10 to 12 years and this guy went from 0 to hero.

[@shashu990]

Super inspiring. See it whenever gives you the same pump 🙏🙏👐👐❤️❤️

[@Fornix_]

Watching it on Jan 2025

[@NamanArya]

Very inspiring 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@BlensonPaul]

Thanks for making it simple..

[@take_the_trade]

Hat's off to you 👏 Watched without skip 🤟

[@learnearninvest9917]

You kept the platform white... thats why I love you

[@ganeskmr]

kite and pi is very cool and great platform, so many have issue but for me good, i am very happy thanks. sir.

[@shakiranonveg467]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYixY5ebaM9_e6M his true story must watch 😍😍