Billionaire CEO does push-ups in office: Watch Nithin Kamath’s impressive fitness challenge | Trending
Zerodha CEO and co-founder Nithin Kamath, a vocal advocate of fitness, took part in an impromptu workout session with his colleagues recently. Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath participated in a quick workout session at the Rainmatter office. (X/@Nithin0dha) The session was conducted as part of a collaboration between Zerodha’s venture capital fund and incubator, Rainmatter, and Sers In Sweat, a sport and wellness community for women. “Impromptu AMRAP workout when @sersinsweat.in were at work. 1 min x pushups,” Kamath said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Watch the video of Nithin Kamath doing push-ups with his colleagues: The video of the billionaire CEO joining his colleagues for the quick workout attracted a range of comments from social media users. “Nithin understands this very well, if he keeps his employee active and not boring . They will continue to work and deliver results. At workplace, make the work interesting,” X user Arka Bhattacharjee said. Another user, Deepak Joshi, asked Kamath if the organisation is providing employees with fitness devices. “Wondering how are you supporting your team’s health with tech? Using gadgets like wearable fitness trackers for heart health or stress management tools?” he posted. Kamath routinely sets health and fitness challenges for Zerodha employees and provides them incentives. In 2022, he announced a month’s salary bonus for any employee who meets their health and fitness goal set, on 90 per cent of the days of the year. “Minimum of 350 active calories per day, in any form. Given that most of us are WFH & sitting is the new smoking, turning into an epidemic. We are doing whatever to nudge everyone on the teams & hopefully, they and their families to move daily,” he had said about the optional program. In February this year, Nithin Kamath had revealed that he had suffered a mild stroke. “Dad passing away, poor sleep, exhaustion, dehydration, and overworking out —any of these could be possible reasons,” he had said. He made his first public appearance since the health setback at the Zero1 Fest. India’s youngest billionairesNithin Kamath, 44, and younger brother Nikhil Kamath are among the youngest billionaires in India, according to Forbes Billionaires L 2024. Nithin Kamath has a net worth of $4.7 billion. (Also Read: Nithin Kamath says his phone has become ‘unusable’ due to telemarketing: ‘Karma has a way of biting back’)
