Founder Profile
Nithin Kamath
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Nithin Kamath?
Nithin Kamath is a founder of Zerodha, which was founded in 2010 with Nikhil Kamath.
- Company founded
- Zerodha
- Founded
- 2010
- Co-founders
- Nikhil Kamath
Background
Indian trader and entrepreneur.
Founding Story
Nithin Kamath co-founded Zerodha in 2010. Having started day trading at age 17 and suffering massive losses during the 2001 dot-com crash and 2008 financial crisis, he was deeply furious at the astronomically high brokerage fees charged by legacy Indian banks. He bootstrapped Zerodha with zero venture capital to build India's first true discount brokerage.
Nithin Kamath was born in 1979.
Kamath was born on October 5, 1979.