Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Indian businessman (born 1978)
Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born 7 June 1978) is an Indian technology entrepreneur known as the founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm.2
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Born Jul 15, 1978.1
Net worth $2.3B (as of 2020, per Google Knowledge Graph).19 Richest people
About
In January 2022, the ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group appointed him as its Universal Acceptance (UA) Ambassador in India. As of September 2022, he had a net worth of US$1.1 billion according to Forbes.
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Companies
- One97 CommunicationsChief executive officer 2000 to now15
- One97 CommunicationsBoard member15
- One97 CommunicationsFounder15
- PaytmFounder16
- Paytm Payments BankFounder17
Early life and education
- Date not recordedDelhi Technological University3
Vijay Shekhar Sharma was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on 7 June 1978, the third of the four children of Sulom Prakash Sharma, a schoolteacher, and Asha Sharma, a homemaker. He did his schooling from Harduaganj, a small town near Aligarh. He enrolled in college at the age of 15 and graduated with a B.Tech degree from the Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological University) at 19 years old
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Career
Occupation: chief executive officer, businessperson, founder.9 10
- Since 2000Chief executive, One97 Communications7
- Date not recordedFounded Paytm4
- Date not recordedFounded Paytm Payments Bank5
- Date not recordedFounded One97 Communications6
- Date not recordedBoard member, One97 Communications8
In 1997, while in college, he started the website indiasite.net, and sold it two years later for US$1 million. Three years later, in 2000, he started One97 Communications which offered mobile content including news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 Communications Limited is the parent company of Paytm, a digital payments and financial services company that was launched by Sharma in 2010. In November 2021, Paytm went public raising $2.5 billion at a valuation of $19 billion, making it India's largest initial public offering at that time.
Sharma is also an angel investor who has supported tech startups. He has backed a range of companies, including Innov8, InnerChef, GOQii, Zapr, and Hiver, among others.
Sharma joined the board of management at Netaji Subhas University of Technology in Delhi for three years.
In 2024, Sharma stepped down from his role as part-time non-executive chairman and board member of Paytm Payments Bank. This decision followed regulatory challenges encountered by the bank with the Reserve Bank of India.
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Angel investor
He has been an angel investor in emerging technologies, supporting around 80 startups. His portfolio includes companies Temple, Bombay Shirt Company, Kawa Space, HackerEarth, NoBroker, Treebo, Karkinos Healthcare, and TrulyMadly.
Other work
Sharma has been named as the UN Environment's 'Patron for Clean Air', where he helps to drive environmental action and awareness and advocate for the goals of United Nations Environment's global Breathe Life campaign.
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Personal life
He is married to Mridula Parashar Sharma and they have a child.
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Awards
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- 16WikidataPaytm, Founder
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- 18Wikimedia CommonsVijay Shekhar Sharma photo by Richter Frank-Jurgen, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 19WikidataNet worth