Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte once said that speaking with founder and chairman Azim Premji, and his son Rishad Premji completely changed his thinking about the future.
Zerodha, a bootstrapped business founded in 2010, was estimated at $2 billion (then Rs 15,612 crores) in 2022; check the whopping monthly salary of CEO Nithin Kamath here.
The old-style method of doing business with bootstrapped funds, building a great product, letting word of mouth grow the business and focussing on customer value creation still works.