Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Founder of Paytm

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of mobile payments company Paytm. Sharma was ranked as India's youngest billionaire in 2017 by the Forbes with a net worth of $2.1 billion. He cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations.

In 2000 he started one97 Communications which offers mobile content including news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched in 2010

In 2017, Sharma appeared in Forbes' World Billionaire's List, the youngest Indian on the list.

He is awarded "CEO of the Year" by the SABRE Awards, 2015 and The Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year, 2016.

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