Nithin Kamath's viral response to 'disloyal' employee who called Nikhil more handsome

In a post on Twitter, Zerodha's Dinesh Pai had said Nikhil Kamath was the "natural choice" for certain posts because he was more handsome than Nithin.File photos of Nithin and Nikhil Kamath (LinkedIn/India Today) )Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath had a hilarious response after an employee admitted that he found his younger brother, entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath better looking.In a post on Twitter, Zerodha’s Dinesh Pai had said Nikhil was the “natural choice” for certain posts because he was more handsome.Nithin responded to the confession by joking that he had discovered a “disloyal member” in his team and hence, decided to replace his own photo on his website with Nikhil’s.“I just found out that a disloyal member in my team thinks @nikhilkamathcio is much more handsome than me, so I decided to change the photo on the website to just keep Nik under my name,” Nithin said in his post, which also featured a screenshot of his bio on his website. The bio described how Nithin bootstrapped and founded Zerodha in 2010 to overcome the hurdles he faced during his decade-long stint as a trader. It also mentioned his membership of SEBI’s Secondary Market Advisory Committee and Market Data Advisory Committee, along with his love for basketball.However, instead of Nithin’s photograph, the bio featured a picture of Nikhil. Take a look at Nithin’s post here:Here’s what Dinesh Pai had posted on X that triggered Nithin’s humorous response:Nikhil Kamath, Nithin Kamath’s younger brother, is the co-founder of Zerodha. The brothers founded the brokerage in 2010, and it has since become one of India’s biggest stockbroking platforms.- EndsPublished On: Sep 1, 2026 11:31 IST