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- Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath posted a childhood photo and birthday wishes on X for his younger brother Nikhil Kamath, who turned 40.
- Nithin joked that for years people mistook Nikhil for him, but in the last three to four years, following the success of Nikhil's WTF podcast, he now receives emails and messages addressed to Nikhil almost daily.
- He credited Nikhil's popularity to the social connections he has built since his teenage years, and reflected on how his brother turning 40 made him feel older.
- The post came days after a light-hearted exchange in which Nithin jokingly replaced his own website photo with Nikhil's after an employee called Nikhil better looking.
What to watch next
- Whether Nikhil Kamath publicly responds further to the birthday post
- Continued growth in popularity of Nikhil's WTF podcast
- Any further social media exchanges between the Kamath brothers
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Nithin Kamath
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“For many years, people called Nikhil “Nithin.” But over the last 3–4 years, with the success of WTF, I’ve been called Nikhil exponentially more. Forget people just calling me Nikhil in person; I now get emails, LinkedIn messages, tweets, etc., addressed to Nikhil every day.😂”
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…Sharing the throwback picture on X, Nithin recalled how people once regularly mistook Nikhil for him. But the situation appears to have changed in recent years, particularly after the success of Nikhil’s WTF podcast. “ For many years, people called Nikhil “Nithin.” But over the last 3–4 years, with the success of WTF, I’ve been called Nikhil exponentially more. Forget people just calling me Nikhil in person; I now get emails, LinkedIn messages, tweets, etc., addressed to Nikhil every day.😂 ” Nithin said the growing recognition was hardly surprising, given the role his younger brother had played since he was a teenager. “This popularity was bound to happen. Right from when he was maybe 15 or 16, he was…
“Right from when he was maybe 15 or 16, he was always the guy to go to for anything. He somehow always had connections, and the quality of those connections has only improved over time.”
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…tweets, etc., addressed to Nikhil every day.😂” Nithin said the growing recognition was hardly surprising, given the role his younger brother had played since he was a teenager. “This popularity was bound to happen. Right from when he was maybe 15 or 16, he was always the guy to go to for anything. He somehow always had connections, and the quality of those connections has only improved over time. ” He then recalled a particularly amusing example from their younger years. "For example, if I wanted to go out drinking, I’d ask him where to go, and he’d say, “Go to these places. There won’t be an entry fee, just…
Dinesh Pai
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“Don't tell Nithin I said this, but Nikhil is better looking. Natural choice for these posts.”
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…responded to his brother’s birthday message with two heart emojis. Just days before Nikhil’s birthday, a light-hearted exchange between Nithin and a Zerodha employee went viral. Zerodha employee Dinesh Pai wrote on X: " Don't tell Nithin I said this, but Nikhil is better looking. Natural choice for these posts. " Nithin responded by joking that he had discovered a "disloyal member" on his team. He then said he had decided to change the photograph on his website and put Nikhil’s picture under his own name. He shared a…
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