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Nithin Kamath: The world's first trillionaire will emerge from climate solutions
“I think the first trillionaire on this planet will be someone solving for climate problem.”
Nithin Kamath: Apple and Samsung will be top health data owners
“The thing, I think the biggest owners of data, health data will be Apple and Samsung because of watch.”
Nithin Kamath: Gen Z will favor experience-first businesses over material possessions
“I think the newer generation are gonna question The true cost of everything... They don't want to own material things, They want to go travel. They're going to experience things. I think they'll be less capitalistic than the generation that went by. Businesses…”
Nithin Kamath: Binge Drinking Is The Most Harmful Thing For The Body
“But then, you know, the last two, three years, all the research I've done, I mean, I think binge drink, there's nothing more harmful that you can do to your body, than binge drinking.”
Kamath: India's Most Expensive Real Estate Has the Worst Air Quality
“In India, we pay more for real estate wherever the AQI is the most. Delhi is, is the most prime real estate in the country and the worst air quality.”
Nithin Kamath: Only two Rainmatter portfolio startups have shut down
“I think, so for us, I think Two have shut down. Because we are very early, right? As in, we are still like, five, four, five years, and so we are still quite early in the game.”
Nithin Kamath: Every modern startup requires a dedicated CTO alongside the CEO
“In today's world, almost in everything that we're doing, we need a technologist, right? ... You can be a CEO material, but you need a CTO in today's world. In whatever you're building.”
Nithin Kamath: Skipping Morning Workouts Triggers Poor Diet And Disrupted Sleep
“My food choices are based on my workout choices. So, you know, if I'm not done workout first thing in the morning, I tend to end up picking up bad food, which in turn ends up Messing up my sleep.”
Nithin Kamath: Grassroots Sports Beyond Cricket Are Essential To Scale Indian Fitness
“I think the only way to get that five million number to go up is I don't know if people will, I mean, you need to, people will go for fitness reasons, you know, I mean, I think it has to be sport reason. I think, you know, sport has to be promoted in this coun…”
Nithin Kamath Predicts Current Generation Life Expectancy Will Reach 80 To 90
“And it'll probably, by the time the current generation of people are 70 years old, the life expectancy will probably have gone to 80, 90.”
Nithin Kamath: Poor Health Will Drain Retirement Savings Between 60 And 90
“If you don't have had a healthy lifestyle, all the savings that you've had from now to 60 will probably not be enough for you to take from 60 to 90, you know, for majority of the people”
Nithin Kamath: Financial Success Does Not Eliminate Personal Insecurity
“And there's this illusion that, you know, people who made it with money are somehow unbreakable. Like, you know, financial success somehow, you know, means mentally they are in a sound place, right? As in, ah, this is something I keep talking whenever possible…”
Nithin Kamath: Zerodha Has Grown To Approximately 1.1 Crore Customers
“So 2010, we started Zarodha, you know, and, ah it started off as I mean, it was not meant to be what it is today, you know, like, I still remember the first email I had sent, I said, if we can get to 10,000 customers, we have arrived in life, you know, so, we …”