Birla: Younger Generations Face Much Less Conformity Pressure Than Past Generations
Kumar Mangalam Birla · Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath · Dec 20, 2024 · at 39:31
Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla compares generational pressures with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath.
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“The pressure to perform or conform on your generation is much less than it was on us, which I think is, you know, huge.”
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