Jackpot pay:  Fintech start-up Zerodha co-founders to earn ₹100 crore each
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Jackpot pay: Fintech start-up Zerodha co-founders to earn ₹100 crore each

Fintech unicorn Zerodha is reaping rich dividends for its founders Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, who have bagged a ₹100 crore salary each; the former's wife Seema Patil is also set for a similar pay cheque


Fintech unicorn Zerodha is reaping rich dividends for its founders. Brothers Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, who co-founded the unicorn, are all set to bag a ₹100 crore per annum salary each, deals tracking news site Entrackr has said. A unicorn is a start-up that is valued at $1 billion or more.

Bengaluru-based Zerodha offers an online platform for users to invest in stocks, derivatives, mutual funds and other financial instruments.

All in the family

Seema Patil, Nithin’s wife and newly appointed whole-time director at Zerodha, is also eligible for a ₹100 crore salary. This means, the family will get an income of ₹300 crore per annum, said the report. They would be the “highest paid co-founders and directors in India’s start-up ecosystem”, it observed.

The trio’s monthly pay includes ₹4.17 crore as basic and ₹4.17 crore as incentives and allowances. Madhav Kota Subramanya has also taken over as a whole-time director of Zerodha for a five-year tenure from May 10, 2021. His remuneration has been set at ₹2 crore a year, said the report.

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Listing other high earners in India’s start-up ecosystem, the Entrackr report said Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal, Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, InCred’s Bhupinder Singh, Dream11’s Harsh Jain and CarTrade’s Vinay Sanghi had each made ₹3-6 crore in the 2020-21 fiscal.

Twitterati were all agog over the information regarding Zerodha founders’ salaries.

WFH views

Last month, Nithin Kamath had made news when he said many of the country’s problems can be addressed by moving away from the larger cities.

“Large cities are choking and will continue to break down every time we’re tested, COVID today, could be water shortages, pollution, floods, etc. Moving to smaller towns & villages will also create livelihoods there & reduce carbon footprint,” he had tweeted.

His company is now transitioning many of its employees to permanent work from home (WFH).

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