From pits and walkie talkies to AI: Angel One Founder Dinesh Thakkar charts the 30-year-old stock broking company’s stellar growth

The year was 1996 when Angel One made its debut. Back then, stock broking was a high-adrenaline game that happened in a “pit” where brokers yelled and used complex hand signals to buy and sell shares. Angel One pioneered the use of walkie talkies that enabled investors to know the stock trades that were executed on their behalf.