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Vijay Shekhar Sharma
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma in 2005
Born8 July 1978
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
EducationDelhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological University)
Occupation(s)Businessman and entrepreneur
Known forFounder & CEO of Paytm

Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born 1978) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Paytm, Indian e-commerce payment system and financial technology company.[2] Sharma was ranked as India's youngest billionaire in 2017 by the Forbes with a net worth of $2.1 billion.[3] He was in the list of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2017.[4]

Education and career

He completed his bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) .[5] In 1997, while in college, he started the website indiasite.net, and sold it two years later for $1 million.[6]

In 2000 he started one97 Communications which offers mobile content including news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched in 2010.[6]

In 2017, Sharma appeared in Forbes' World Billionaire's List, the youngest Indian on the list. [7] He cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations.[8]

Awards and recognition

  • "CEO of the Year" by the SABRE Awards, 2015[9]
  • The Exchange4media Group, Impact Person of the Year, 2016[11]
  • Honorary doctorate, Amity University Gurgaon, 2016[12]
  • India Today magazine ranked him #18th in India's 50 most powerful people of 2017[13]
  • GQ India named him among the 50 Most Influential Young Indians for 2017

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vijay Sekhar Sharma". Forbes. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ Jog, Natasha (20 August 2015). "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37". NDTV.com.
  3. ^ Giri, Manish Kumar. "Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma ranked India's youngest billionaire in Forbes's latest list | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 29 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". Time. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "The king of cash". Calcutta: The Telegraph.
  7. ^ "Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma ranked India's youngest billionaire in Forbes's latest list | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Vijay Sharma, Paytm: an for India". Financial Times.
  9. ^ "Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma Named as CEO of the Year by SABRE Awards 2015". Financial Express. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ^ "ET Awards for Corporate Excellence: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year". Economic Times. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Vijay Shekhar Sharma wins IMPACT Person of The Year 2016 Award". Exchange4media. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Airtel's Sunil Mittal, Paytm's Vijay Shekar given honorary degrees by Amity University". DNA INDIA.com.
  13. ^ "50 power people". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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