The Z Factor: Lessons in Life & Leadership

Nithin bootstrapped Zerodha in 2010, growing it to become the largest retail brokerage in India today. With 4 million customers and contributing to 15% of the exchange retail trading volumes, Zerodha has changed the landscape of the Indian broking industry. Zerodha's tech-first focus has helped make trading & investing in the capital market more appealing to the wider society. Nithin is also the founder of Rainmatter, an R&D fintech incubator and fund that has partnered with some of the best investment-tech startups in India. Nithin has also set up the Rainmatter Climate Foundation, a fund for startups and organisations working on solutions to mitigate climate change.

Sridhar founded Zoho along with his siblings and friends in 1996. Over the past 25 years, it has grown to become one the biggest cloud-based business software providers in the world with 50 million users. Zoho One is its flagship product with over 45 apps. Vembu has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton and started his career at Qualcomm in 1994.A firm believer in rural empowerment, Sridhar decided to relocate his software and product development unit to rural Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu, where he resides now. Sridhar is actively involved in setting up schools for children around Tenkasi.