“I don’t just teach Indians to invest. I teach Indians to think like owners, not traders. We are building an entire generation of value investors who can transform India’s capital markets.”
Ankit Yadav, a SEBI Registered Research Analyst (INH000021757) and stock market expert, has spent more than 15 years working in stock research and wealth management. Widely known as the “Indian Warren Buffett,” he co-founded Market Maestroo Private Limited with Kritika Yadav, building it into a research-led investment platform focused on intrinsic value investing, IPO analysis, and long-term wealth creation.
The flagship offerings include SEBI RA monthly stock picks for small-cap and mid-cap investors, delivered through WhatsApp with full research reports covering entry price, target price, stop loss, and buy, sell, or hold recommendations, priced at ₹32,999 for 6 months. They also offer ‘Stock Apka Research Humara,’ a one-time personalised research service where clients choose the stocks and receive SEBI-compliant reports within 7 business days, with packages for 20 stocks at ₹14,999, 40 stocks, and 60 stocks.
Market Maestroo provides IPO analysis and predictions covering business models, valuation, grey market premium trends, and listing forecasts, with a 100% accuracy track record across 160+ IPOs. Alongside this, they are also known for free Hindi financial education through videos, courses, and resources, reaching a community of 1.5 million+ followers across digital platforms.
The Inspiration
Ankit’s inspiration for Market Maestroo began when he first read Warren Buffett’s investment principles at the age of 12 and saw the power of long-term, value-based investing.
As he grew deeper into India’s retail investor ecosystem, he saw a different reality take shape, with many people losing savings to speculative trading, unverified tips, and a lack of quality financial education in Hindi and other regional languages. The problem became more urgent in 2016, as he shares,
“In 2016, after completing my Master’s in Finance from NMIMS and earning my Gold Medal in Economics during my studies in the United States, I returned to my hometown, Bhilai-Raipur in Chhattisgarh. I met a retired government employee who had lost ₹15 lakhs, his entire retirement corpus, in speculative F&O trading based on unverified tips. His family’s financial security was destroyed.”
Market Maestroo operates in a crowded but fragmented market. The gap Market Maestroo is trying to fill is the combination of SEBI-backed credibility, Hindi-first accessibility, long-term value investing, and retail-level reach. Its edge is not just that it gives stock research, but that it presents Warren Buffett-style intrinsic value investing in a format that ordinary Indian investors can actually understand and use.
Believer in giving back to society, his other venture, the Ankit Yadav Foundation, has served over 500+ Beneficiaries with educational support, scholarships, and learning materials. They also conduct free financial literacy workshops across rural and semi-urban India.
A Competitive Edge
“We are the only platform combining SEBI-registered credibility with influencer-level reach (1M+ followers). The thing is, traditional SEBI analysts serve institutions. We serve retail investors, and while influencers have reach but lack regulation, we have both.”
Two of Market Maestroo’s most important decisions were getting SEBI Research Analyst registration in August 2025 and shifting from a content platform to a fully regulated, compliance-driven firm, even though it meant higher compliance costs and more scrutiny. The other major call was to prioritise research depth over content speed, especially in IPO analysis, which helped build its reputation for accuracy and trust. He highlights,
“I firmly believe that with great influence comes great responsibility. When millions of investors trust your recommendations, you owe them the accountability that only SEBI regulation provides. Unregulated financial advice, no matter how well-intentioned, carries inherent conflicts of interest and lacks enforceable standards. Today, we have become one of only ~500 SEBI-registered research analyst entities nationwide, and Chhattisgarh’s only SEBI-registered finance influencer platform.”
The Journey
Ankit faced several challenges along the way. They had to build credibility from scratch as a young analyst from Bhilai-Raipur in a market that trusted established brokers and veteran advisors.
Moreover, he had to adapt to SEBI regulations, which raised compliance costs and reduced content velocity. Ankit also dealt with public scrutiny at scale, where every call was dissected. There was repeated pressure to compromise ethics for revenue through sponsorships, commissions, and paid promotions, but he chose to stay commission-free and transparent. As the business grew, scaling without losing research quality became another major challenge, especially while hiring and training a team that could match his methodology.
Additionally, Ankit had to reduce dependence on YouTube and Instagram. He reveals,
“Algorithm changes decimated reach overnight. YouTube copyright strikes (even false ones) threatened channel termination. Instagram shadow-banning reduced visibility. Platform policies changed without notice, impacting business model.”
Despite the challenges, Ankit is grateful that the journey has also been rewarding. He is proud of his first multibagger call, an undervalued small-cap stock that delivered 400% returns over three years, validating his intrinsic value approach, while his NISM certifications in wealth management, investment advisory, and investment research formalised his expertise.
From a camera-shy founder to a confident public educator, he has become one of Chhattisgarh’s highest taxpayers.
Having been featured in leading publications, his other milestones include getting recognised with the Asia Noble Award in Finance (2022), Asia Most Influential Potential Entrepreneur Award (2022), Yes Bank Shareholder Recognition (2018), and Multiple YouTube Creator Awards.
Today, his Instagram account has over 1 Million+ Instagram Followers, 1,700,000+ subscribers on YouTube, and 10 Lakh+ Learners across all social media platforms. Known as the IPO King of India, his 100% accuracy in IPO listing prediction led to record-breaking viewership in content like the Bajaj Housing Finance IPO, which crossed 2.5M+ views in 48 hours; Waaree Energies, with 3.2M+ reach across several platforms; and 5M+ views on the LIC and NTPC Green Energy IPOs.
Some of his accurate major market predictions include forecasting stock decline from ₹300 to ₹10 when trading at ₹300 for YES Bank, predicting Brent Crude Oil surge from $40 to $90 in 2020, predicting significant inflation rise ahead of the sharpest surge in recent times, and identifying optimal investment timing for Tesla recovery phase and long-term IPO price movement predictions with a perfect track record.
Plans Ahead
Market Maestroo’s vision is to reach more people across social media, with ongoing talks on launching regional language content by September 2026. They are also going to launch a mobile application by the end of this year, with additional features like an AI-Powered Stock Screening Tool and a Comprehensive Investor Certification Program.
Ankit plans to expand the company by launching English-language content to target NRI investors in the USA, UK, Canada, UAE, and Singapore markets. The target is to reach 200,000 international subscribers by March 2028.
Ankit will also be pursuing additional SEBI Certifications and ISO Certification for Quality Management. With more plans to build a Market Maestroo Research Academy, he looks forward to opening more literacy camps and school programs.
Lastly, as he signs off, he says,
“In 20 years, I envision a young person in a small town in Tamil Nadu, speaking no English, opening their phone, watching Market Maestroo’s Tamil content, learning to calculate intrinsic value, identifying an undervalued small-cap company, investing with discipline, and 10 years later, funding their child’s education. That young person then teaches their child the same principles, and the cycle continues. That’s when Market Maestroo’s mission is truly fulfilled: When financial independence through value investing becomes not an exception, but an expectation.”
