Vijay Shekhar Sharma has travel a long way, from a student of Engineering College from Delhi to a founder and CEO of $16 Billion FinTech StartUp Paytm. Paytm is an India's First unicorn startup with it's current valuation about $16 Billion, making its the 2nd most valuable startup after Byju's.
An Indian Billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma born in 1978, he is the founder CEO of an FinTech StartUp Paytm. In 2017, he was featured as Youngest Billionaire of India By Forbes magazine with a personal Network of $1.3 Billion. Also Vijay has been listed by Time Magazines as Worlds 100 Most Influential entity in 2017. As per Forbers, currently he rank as 62nd Richest person in India with $2.35 Billion.
Vijay Sharma is married and has one child. In the latest interview he stated that his Inspiration in Jack Ma(Alibaba) and Masayoshi Son(SoftBank).
He went to a Hindi medium school in Aligarh in Harduaganj Vijay Sharma is a Bachelor degree holder in Electronics and communication from Delhi Technological University.
Vijay Sharma in his latest interview with Bloomberg has stated that,
"I taught myself English by memorizing rock songs and simultaneously reading translated textbooks in English and Hindi."
Before Starting Paytm, Vijay also started an Website Indiasite.net and sold it in 2 years for $1 Million.
Also Read : Motivational Quotes by Sandeep MaheshwariVijay Sharma started One97 Communication in 2000, which is parent company of PayTm. One97 offer various services including News, Ringtones, jokes, Exam Results, etc. In 2010 He lauched PayTm which was resulted as Turing point in his life.
Awards and recognition
- Youngest Billionaire in India (2017) by Forbes
- 100 Influential person (2017) by Time Magazines
- ET Entrepreneur of the Year (2016) by The Economic Times
- Dataquest IT Man of the year (2017)
- Honorary doctorate (2016) by Amity University, Gurgaon.
- Businessman of the Year at GQ Men
- NDTV Indian of the Year (2016)
- India's Hottest Business Leader under 40 (2015) by The Economic Times
Vijay Sharma The student from a Hindi medium to an Entrepreneur Founder and CEO of PayTm Enterprises, the Journey was challenging but eventually with hardship, dedication and hard work it was Achieved.
Quotes Given Vijay Shekhar that will help you to inspire and work in your startup with more Dedication and Commitment
“If you don’t give yourself a chance, who will ? If you don’t take a chance, who will ? and I think you should take a chance on you.”
“I think I’ve been lucky that in my life I had to take risks without even thinking of downfalls because I did not start with a lot of things that I could have lost.”
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“What we’ve changed in this country is that now you don’t need to actually carry a wallet, or a card, or a currency.”
“You are what Your Situation made you”
“Plan well before you start your own Start-up, Always remember the Carpenter and Tailor Rule : Measure Twice, but Cut Once.”
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