Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, has been receiving backlash for his recent remark in a podcast that ''a 25-year-old pursuing an MBA must be some kind of an idiot.'' The comment has not gone down well with many social media users.

Kamath made the statement during Zerodha's Ask Me Anything sessions on YouTube, where he appeared alongside his brother and co-founder, Nithin Kamath, and other professionals.

While responding to a question about the future of content and education in India, the 39-year-old billionaire said, “In my opinion, colleges are dead. If you are 25 and going to an MBA college today, you must be some kind of an idiot. If you ask me. I think five years from now, this trend will be exaggerated. A lot more people will not be opting for entrepreneurship, but they’ll hav

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