BACKSTORY: 13 questions with Bank Zero CEO Yatin Narsai
We question co-founder and CEO of Bank Zero Yatin Narsai
What are you reading at the moment? The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P Feynman. What’s your one top tip for doing a deal? Be humble and "fly below the radar" for as long as possible. You don’t want others to see you coming until it’s too late. Nominate your eighth wonder of the world. The brilliant mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who is the inspiration to our company’s name, Bank Zero. I highly recommend the biography of Ramanujan, Robert Kanigel’s The Man Who Knew Infinity. Ramanujan died at 32. It pains me to think just how much more humanity would have gained had he lived longer. How do you deal with stress? What are your top tips for handling it? Don’t let it fester inside you. Talk, and talk some more. Authentically. What’s the most interesting thing about you that people don’t know? I’m learning to be a barista. Which living person do you most admire? My wife, Ingra. I think I’m a difficult person (sometimes) and I’m just over the moon that she’s always with me...
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