Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath on hiring leaders: 'Almost everyone has grown within'

​Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath has explained how the brokerage builds its leadership team. In a recent post on the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), he said that the company largely promotes employees who have grown within the organisation rather than hiring senior executives from outside. “Almost everyone in leadership today has grown from within the organisation,” Kamath said in a post on X, adding that Zerodha has “rarely hired anyone from outside for leadership roles.”​He said most members of the leadership team joined Zerodha early in their careers, and the company was often their first or second job. Kamath also noted that Zerodha does not have leaders with what he described as “pedigree education,” highlighting the company’s focus on internal growth and experience.​Zerodha's internal approach to leadership​Kamath said the company's leadership model is reflected in several employees' career paths.