This 34-year-old chess champion is India’s youngest billionaire
By Reuters
16 January 2021 |
7:00 am
Nikhil Kamath's trading platform has been dubbed the Robinhood of India, amassing millions of users and earning him billionaire status amid the pandemic. CNBC Make It's Karen Gilchrist spoke to the 34-year-old co-founder of Zerodha about how it all started with a game of chess.
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