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Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Paytm, India's largest digital payments company. He is also the founder of One97 Communications, which operates Paytm. He was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, and graduated from Delhi College of Engineering in 1999. Sharma started his career as a software engineer at the National Informatics Centre in Delhi. He then moved to the United States to pursue a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. After returning to India, he founded One97 Communications in 2000. In 2010, Sharma launched Paytm, a mobile payments and commerce platform. Paytm has since become India's largest digital payments company, with over 300 million users. In 2015, Sharma was named one of the top 10 most influential people in the Indian startup ecosystem by YourStory. Sharma has been recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements, and has been awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2019. He has also been featured in Forbes India's list of the richest Indians for several years.

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Occupation Businessman and entrepreneur
Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 8 July, 1978
Birthday 8 July
Birthplace Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality India

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Who Is Vijay Shekhar Sharma's Wife?

His wife is Mridula Parashar (m. 2005)

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Wife Mridula Parashar (m. 2005)
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Children Vivaan Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Vijay Shekhar Sharma worth at the age of 45 years old? Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessman. He is from India. We have estimated Vijay Shekhar Sharma's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 2.4 billion USD (2020)
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Source of Income Businessman

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Timeline

2017

In 2017, Sharma appeared in Forbes' World Billionaire's List, the youngest Indian on the list. He cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations.

2000

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.

1997

He completed his bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) . In 1997, while in college, he started the website indiasite.net, and sold it two years later for $1 million.

1978

Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born 1978) 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 was in the list of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2017.