Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Born Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Delhi College of Engineering
Occupation Founder & CEO of Paytm and One97 Communications Limited

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of Paytm.[1] Sharma was born in Aligarh, UP in a modest family. Sharma cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations.[2]

In December 2015, Sharma criticised Facebook's Free Basics initiative in India, as being against the principle of Net neutrality.[3][4]

Early life

He faced difficulty in his studies at Delhi College of Engineering because he did not know English. In 1997, while in college Sharma started a portal ″Indiasite.net″.

Career

In 2001, he started One97 Communications which offered mobile content like news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 now is Paytm’s parent company.[5] He started college at 15 and runs a billion dollar company at age 37 now.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Natasha Jog (20 August 2015). "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37.". NDTV.com.
  2. ↑ "Vijay Sharma, Paytm: an Alibaba for India". Financial Times.
  3. ↑ BS Reporter (22 December 2015). "Do a jihad for independent internet, oppose Facebook Basics: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma".
  4. ↑ "Free Basics: Zuckerberg in talks with Paytm's Vijay Shekhar and others to seek support". ETBrandEquity.com. 30 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "The king of cash".
  6. ↑ "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37.". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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