I am presenting this PPT on Vijay Shekhar Sharma Biography - The founder of Paytm. In this PPT I have shown you the story of the creator of destiny Vijay Shekhar Sharma. His Early Life, Family background, Education, how he started Paytm, and success story of Paytm.

1. Presented By: Kishan Sarvaiya

2. About Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born
1978) is an Indian billionaire
businessman.
• He is the founder of
financial technology
company Paytm
• Born: 8 July 1978 (Aligarh)
• Nationality: Indian
• He has been married with
mridula sharma, He has a
son vivan sharma

3. Education And Career
• Vijay began his college life at the age of just 15 years and
graduated as an engineer at 19 years.
• Sharma has a bachelor's degree in electronics and
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.
• In 2000, he started one97 Communications which offered
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 cites Alibaba’s founder Jack
Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank as his inspirations

4. Struggling Days
• A topper in his school, he was lost in transition in college -Delhi College of
Engineering. Coming from a very humble background (his father was a
highly principled, school teacher who refused to earn the extra buck
through tuitions because he believed in what was the right thing to do).
• Struggling in Learning English: Vijay did not know how to read and write
English for he completed his school education completely in Hindi, in his
small town. However, he realized soon enough that to make it through
college he must start learning the language first and with the help of
books, second hand magazines and his friends, he mastered the language
in a way which few can.
• He decided to build, to use the time he had from ‘not attend college’ by
turning an entrepreneur.
• he decided to emulate some of the genius at Stanford, by. learning how to
code all by himself.
• He started building his own content management system with some of his
college mates and were continuing their work.

5. Paytm story owned By Vijay Shekhar
Sharma
• It was just his hard work and prior
experiences that make him so successful
today. Things were better when he
launched One97, the parent company of
. The experiments here were related
to advertainment, commerce and content
which led to the idea of payment
ecosystem.
• He did not gain any funding on this idea and invested $2 million himself in proving
it to the people about his game.
• He traveled a lot to understand the problem that people were facing related to
finance and He tried to solve them.
• The company grew when it gave value to its customers in terms of internet wallet
services, 24 x 7 customer care services which created trust among the people.
• Backed by consumer trust, Paytm’s stupendous journey to the top of the internet
wallet market is now a part of startup.

6. Thinking Of Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• “When winning is about not giving up.
When doing all that you can, gets a new meaning.”
• “If you’re up against a big guy, ignore the big guy.”
• “As unique you are, you’re part of a crowd.”
• "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.“
• “Today, you can build anything in India. If you’re an Indian
entrepreneur, you get a meeting with any investor in the world.”
• 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.
• 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

7. Awards and recognition
• "CEO of the Year" by the SABRE Awards, 2015
• Most Coveted ‘India’s Innovative CEO" Award, 2015
• The Economic Times, Entrepreneur of the Year, 2016
• The Exchange4media Group, Impact Person of the Year, 2016
Honorary doctorate, Amity University Gurgaon, 2016
• India Today ranked him #18th in India's 50 most powerful
people of 2017]
• GQ India named him among the 50 Most Influential Young
Indians for 2017
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma wins Forbes Top 40 Under 40 Award.
• Paytm wins Best Digital Wallet award at the 11th IAMAI India
Digital Summit.
• Sharma was ranked as India's youngest billionaire in 2017
by Forbes with a net worth of $2.1 billion. He was in the list
of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2017.

8. Inspiration for creating our own
destiny
• Create your own destiny and start with your own idea of your
perfect life, including all of the things you want right now.
• Even if your to-do list on yourself is long, small changes can
make a big difference. With just a little know-how and a lot of
inspirations.
• Take it in Stride – The truth about creating your own destiny is
that you are, and have always been, in control of your own
life.
• It is important to know what you want to achieve, so that you
can keep these goals active in your life and bring what you
want out of life, into your life through your own thoughts and
actions.
• You can create your own destiny, and change your own
reality based on your thoughts, knowledge and goals. Give it
a try!

10. Thank You
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