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Vijay Shekhar Sharma

India 48 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
financial technology
Industry
Service
Residence
Delhi
Education
Delhi University (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)
Marital Status
Married
Children
1

Assets

  • One 97 Communications
    88,815,000 shares @ -
    -
    543396-IN

Biography

Son of a schoolteacher from a small city in north India, Vijay Shekhar Sharma founded mobile wallet Paytm in 2011.

One of the biggest beneficiaries of India's 2016 demonetization, Paytm has notched up more than 540 million users with 46 million daily active users.

Sharma made a splash in August 2018 by getting Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to invest $300 million in Paytm.

In August 2025, Antfin (Netherlands), an affiliate of China's Alibaba Group, sold its entire stake in Paytm.

About

Sharma dreams of starting a band that sings in Sanskrit, a language he studied in school.

Paytm is an acronym for "pay through mobile."