Forced to work odd jobs as a teenager during a family financial crisis in Mumbai, Kunal Shah learned human behavior and financial trust from the ground up, eventually founding FreeCharge and CRED.
Early financial struggle builds deep market empathy.
Paytm FounderComing from a modest Hindi-medium background in Aligarh and struggling to read English textbooks in college, Vijay taught…Read story →
ZerodhaWorking at an international call center at night while day-trading penny stocks with modest savings, Nithin faced catastrophic…Read story →
Girish Mathrubootham: Trichy to Nasdaq with FreshworksGrowing up in Trichy and moving from customer support to product management in Chennai, Girish started Freshdesk in a small room…Read story →
Sridhar Vembu: Building Zoho from an Indian VillageRejecting Silicon Valley VC culture and big-city flashiness, Sridhar Vembu moved to a rural village in Tamil Nadu, training…Read story →