India, April 17 -- Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath shocked many when he revealed that he would not have started his online brokerage platform in 2025. In a post on his Trading Q&A platform, Kamath was asked if he would have done anything differently if he started his platform in 2025.

Kamath gave a surprising response, explaining that he would not have started Zerodha with his brother, citing a crowded market. "We would not have started Zerodha. The market is so crowded, and being another one doing the same thing wouldn't work. Also our product has evolved over the last 10 years, I don't think it would make sense to attempt to beat the best today on day 1 of the business," he replied.

Kamath added that he would have instead cho...