Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath reveals how he built the company from scratch

Nithin Kamath founded Zerodha in 2010 and has seen the company go from strength-to-strength in the last 13 years.

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath was awarded the "Entrepreneur of the Year" at a recent awards ceremony. Kamath received the award from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and later took to Twitter to share his journey and how a successful business can be built without the help of too many external factors.

"No Business Background. No Pedigree education across the team

No VC/PE. No Advertising spending. No Spamming customer. @zerodhaonline is an example that a successful business can be built by not following the norm, by average folks with common sense wanting to solve a problem," Kamath wrote on Twitter.

No Business Background No Pedigree education across the team No VC/PE No Advertising spending No Spamming customer

@zerodhaonline is an example that a successful business can be built by not following the norm, by average folks with common sense wanting to solve a problem. pic.twitter.com/lM9PA50n9a

— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) April 28, 2023

Kamath's brother Nikhil Kamath also took to Twitter to congratulate him on winning the award.

"Congratulations brother, u deserve this and so much more," he wrote.

Congratulations brother, u deserve this and so much morehttps://t.co/gLVs7fccWb

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— Nikhil Kamath (@nikhilkamathcio) April 28, 2023

Speaking at Moneycontrol's India Fintech Conclave in March, Zerodha CTO Kailash Nath had also said that human decency was a key aspect and there was a clear focus within the company to build relationships.

"There is no formula. I think the key is that we don't look at people as resources or talent. We don't even use the word talent. That is not our framework. It is a group of people who hang out with each other, who have the right philosophies, who gel well with each other. There is no pretense. It is human decency, I guess and a clear focus on building relationships. There is really, no real formula," he said at the conclave.