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How karate helped a shy kid transform how India pays
5 June 2026
17 minutes
Available for over a year
We hear how karate, being laughed out of a bank boardroom in a cash-obsessed country helped shape one of India’s most valuable fintech companies. Harshil Mathur shares how discipline, resilience and a leap of faith helped him build Razorpay into a $7.5 billion company at the heart of India’s digital payments revolution.
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Presenter: Rahul Tandon
Producer: Amber Mehmood and Niamh Mc Dermott
(Picture: Harshil Mathur)