Nithin Kamath shares heartfelt post on friends-turned-family: 'How lucky we truly are'

Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath recently shared a heartfelt note on his friends of 30 years who he now considers family. The billionaire took to social media to share pictures with them and said he considered himself to be truly lucky to be among friends who stay connected without judgment, having withstood the test of time.

"Friendships built on pure connection, free of judgment, are the ones that stand the test of time. Spending almost 30 years with my school friends, and now our families, makes me realize how lucky we truly are," Kamath wrote on X.

Friendships are precious to Kamath and, as he had said earlier, he has five "bros" that he can "do all for". In 2023, the Zerodha boss said he is worried about the world facing a “friendship recession” with a number of people admitting to lacking close friends. Taking to Twitter, Kamath shared a few infographics from a 2021 survey by the American Perspective, which described friendship recession as the rise in the number of people who lack a certain number of close friends and fewer people to rely on in terms of crisis.

The American Perspective Survey also highlighted that friendship recession could become a serious crisis in the future as loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It pointed out four factors that are causing a decline in friendships-- geographic mobility, increased parental focus on child-rearing, work-centric culture, and breakdown of relationships leading to the separation of friend groups.