Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Chairman, Managing Director and CEO of One97 Communications and its consumer brand, Paytm.
The son of a school teacher, he enrolled in the Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological Institute) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Sharma founded One97 Communications in 2000 and subsequently Paytm a decade later in 2010.
In November 2021, Paytm went public, raising $2.5 billion at a valuation of $19 billion.
The son of a school teacher, he enrolled in the Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological Institute) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Sharma founded One97 Communications in 2000 and subsequently Paytm a decade later in 2010.
In November 2021, Paytm went public, raising $2.5 billion at a valuation of $19 billion.
Sharma has also created Paytm Mall, an e-commerce business and the Paytm Payments Bank. Entrepreneurship is not just about building one’s own business but also