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Zerodha co-founder hosts historian at Davos

By Startup Enthusiast · 13 February 2026

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Zerodha is an Indian online stock brokerage firm

Nikhil Kamath hosted Yuval Noah Harari for a podcast discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos

The conversation covered global trust and geopolitics on the People by WTF platform

Nikhil Kamath is a co-founder of Zerodha.
Historian Yuval Noah Harari joined Kamath at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
They held a recorded conversation for Kamath's podcast platform called People by WTF.
The discussion focused on global trust in institutions and geopolitical volatility.
Topics included polarization and public skepticism toward traditional power centers.
Harari stated that humans cooperate better than other animals through storytelling.
Kamath noted that trust is the foundation of both finance and geopolitics.
The full episode is available on YouTube.

The event highlights Zerodha's engagement with global thought leaders.
It showcases the company's media arm beyond financial services.
The dialogue addresses shared belief systems like financial markets and nation-states.