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Nithin KamathNithin Kamath (born 5 October 1979) is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and chief executive officer of Zerodha, the Bengaluru brokerage he started with his brother Nikhil in 2010. He began trading at seventeen, worked as a sub-broker for six years, and supported himself in the early years by trading through the day and working a night shift at a call centre. Zerodha's flat fee of twenty rupees per executed order, with no charge on equity delivery trades, made it one of the largest retail brokerages in India, and he is also the founder of the Rainmatter fund and foundation.FounderN. R. Narayana MurthyN. R. Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Infosys, which he started in 1981 with six colleagues and ten thousand rupees borrowed from his wife Sudha Murty. He was the company's chief executive from 1981 to 2002, its chairman until 2011, and its executive chairman again from 2013. He is described by Time and CNBC as the father of the Indian information technology sector, holds the Padma Vibhushan, and was listed by Fortune among the twelve greatest entrepreneurs of his time.FounderSudha MurtySudha Murty (born 19 August 1950) is an Indian author, educator and philanthropist, and the founder chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She was the first woman engineer hired at TELCO, took a master's degree in computer science at the Indian Institute of Science, and has written novels, short stories, travel books and memoirs in Kannada and English for four decades. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006 and the Padma Bhushan in 2023, and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha on 8 March 2024.AuthorNikhil KamathNikhil Kamath (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a retail stockbroker, and the founder of True Beacon, an asset management firm, and he co-founded the investment firm Gruhas in 2021. Forbes estimated his wealth at 3.3 billion dollars in December 2025, and in June 2023 he signed the Giving Pledge, committing half of it to climate, education and health causes.Founder
