Vijay Shekhar Sharma: About Founder & Ceo Of Paytm

Written By Abirath EV

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Chairman, Managing Director, and CEO of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm.

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma was born on July 8, 1973, into a poor family in a small village near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

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He was born to Sulom Prakash and Asha Sharma. His father is a schoolteacher, his mother is a homemaker, and he has three siblings.

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He is currently married to Mridula Parashar, and the lovely couple has a child together named Vivaan Sharma.

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He was a child prodigy who started college at 15 and graduated with a B.Tech. from the Delhi College of Engineering at the age of 19.

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In 2000, Vijay created One97 Communications, which owns Paytm. One97 is a top Indian unicorn as of June 2021. As of now, he is the founder of Paytm.

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Paytm was created in 2010, and Warren Buffett invested roughly $300 million in the company in 2018.

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As previously stated, he is the founder of Paytm. Vijay's net worth increased to $2.6 billion, which is equivalent to Rs 18,000 crore.

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Therefore, he was positioned at the 877th position among the 2,153 international billionaires. This happened despite the company Paytm was supposed to suffer a loss of Rs 3,393 crore.

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