Sharma: People across income levels perpetually want to 2x their wealth
Ruchir Sharma · India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath · Sep 3, 2025 · at 2:41:30
Investor Ruchir Sharma cites Berkshire Hathaway's Ajit Jain when discussing human wealth psychology with Nikhil Kamath.
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“Ajit Jain from Berkshire Hathaway, that no matter what your net worth is, you always want to be two X. Everyone thinks everyone across the income curve, unless you're Bill Gates, who apparently said that for me, everything is free. So that's different, right? But for most people across the spectrum, I've noticed, especially amongst the, you know, like amongst the middle class or middle class, even if you end up making, even people who, you know, like are worth fifty million or say, just keep wondering, only if I was a hundred million, I would be so much happier.”
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