It feels smart, but for a founder it is often doubling down on a bet you have already made. Your company already gives you huge exposure to your sector, its cycles, and its risks, so loading your personal portfolio with the same industry means one bad wave can hit your business and your savings at once. Understanding an industry also is not the same as knowing which specific stock is priced well, since the market has usually already absorbed the obvious story. If anything, a founder's personal money is the place to deliberately own everything else: the sectors and companies you are not already tied to, which is exactly what a broad index gives you cheaply. Keep your savings uncorrelated from your day job. Tax on any gains changes over time, so confirm current rules with a CA or a qualified advisor.
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The market regulator own free investor-education portal: unbiased basics on investing, mutual funds, and avoiding scams, with nothing to sell you.
From SEBI by SEBI
Open investor.sebi.gov.in →The best reminder that avoiding ruin beats chasing returns, and that wealth is the money you don't spend. The whole founder concentration problem, told as stories.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
The canonical, no-hype reference on building a simple index portfolio and why costs and discipline beat cleverness.
From Bogleheads by Bogleheads
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