Nikhil Kamath Net Worth: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has started a new chapter in her life. After her name came up in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, she also had to go to jail. After all the difficulties, the actress has now started a new journey. She is now attracting people’s attention through podcasts. Her first guest was Sushmita Sen. Now Aamir Khan will appear on her podcast. Meanwhile, there are reports that Rhea is dating billionaire Nikhil Kamath.
Billionaire Nikhil Kamath is one of the richest people in the country. Recently, Riya and Nikhil were seen riding a bike together. After this, news of their affair started spreading. Well, in the meantime, we will tell you who Nikhil is, what does he do, what is his net worth, how much education he has received and what has been his struggle story?
Studied till 10th standard, sold mobile at the age of 14
Nikhil Kamath was born on 5 September 1986 in Shimoga, Karnataka. Despite being from a well-off family, Nikhil did not complete his studies. He left school after 10th class. At the age of just 14, Nikhil Kamath started selling mobile phones.
Got a job in a call center at the age of 17, salary was 8 thousand
After selling mobile phones, Nikhil started working in a call center at the age of 17. Here he used to get a salary of only 8 thousand rupees per month. Whereas today he has wealth worth billions of rupees.
then invested money in share market
After investing in the stock market, Nikhil’s life got a new direction. Once his father gave him some money to manage and he did this job very well. After this, Nikhil’s confidence increased and he started trading in the stock market. He started earning a lot of profit from here. Gradually, he convinced his manager to also invest in the stock market. Now both Nikhil and his manager were earning together.
The foundation of Zerodha was laid in 2010
Nikhil Kamath is counted among the giants of the Indian stock market. He is the co-founder of stock broking company Zerodha. It was started in the year 2010. In an interview given to Humans of Bombay, Nikhil had said, ‘When manager Nezar made a profit, he told the other people. The situation got so bad that I stopped going to work. I was managing the money of the entire team. Due to this, the team members used to mark my attendance in the office. After this, I left the job and started Kamath Associates along with my brother Nitin Kamath. We started Zerodha in the year 2010.’
Now he is the owner of 26 thousand crores
37-year-old Nikhil Kamath has earned a lot of money from the stock market and this journey is still continuing. He has made it to the Forbes list of self-made billionaires three times. According to a Forbes report, Nikhil’s total net worth is more than Rs 26 thousand crores.