Vijay Shekhar Sharma
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological University) |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO of Paytm and One97 Communications Limited |
Vijay Shekhar Singh Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of mobile payments company, Paytm.[1]
Early life
Sharma was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations.[2] He started college at the age of 15.[3] In 1997, while in college, started the website indiasite.net and sold it two years later for $1 million.[4]
Career
In 2005, he started One97 Communications which offered mobile content like news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched in 2010.[4]
In December 2015, Sharma criticised Facebook's Free Basics initiative in India, as being against the principle of net neutrality.[5][6]
In 2017, Vijay Shekhar Sharma was featured in the World Billionaire's List by Forbes. He acquired the 1567th rank becoming India's youngest man to be featured on the list. [7]
Awards
- Honoris Causa Doctorate of Sciences (D.Sc.) Degree, Amity University Gurgaon, 2016 [8]
- India Today magazine ranked him #18th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Jog, Natasha (20 August 2015). "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37.". NDTV.com.
- ↑ "Vijay Sharma, Paytm: an Alibaba for India". Financial Times.
- ↑ "Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37.". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- 1 2 "The king of cash". Calcutta: The Telegraph.
- ↑ BS Reporter (22 December 2015). "Do a jihad for independent internet, oppose Facebook Basics: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma".
- ↑ "Free Basics: Zuckerberg in talks with Paytm's Vijay Shekhar and others to seek support". ETBrandEquity.com. 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma ranked India's youngest billionaire in Forbes's latest list | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ↑ "Airtel's Sunil Mittal, Paytm's Vijay Shekar given honorary degrees by Amity University". DNA INDIA.com.
- ↑ "India's 50 powerful people". India Today. April 14, 2017.