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1. Vijay Shekhar Sharma-
Entrepreneur of Paytm
Presented by- Tanisha
Datta and Saba Rahmani

2. Agenda
Introduction
What is Paytm?
Early life, Career and Background
Awards and recognition
Conclusion

3. What is Paytm?

4. Early life, Career and Background of
Vijay Shekhar Sharma

5. Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian technology entrepreneur and billionaire businessman.
He is the Chairman, Managing Director and CEO of One97 Communications and its
consumer brand Paytm. He founded Paytm in 2010.
Born: 15 July 1978 (age 44 years), Aligarh
Organizations founded: Paytm, One97 Communications, Paytm Payments Bank
Education: Delhi Technological University (1994–1998)
Spouse: Mridula Sharma (m. 2005)
Children: Vivaan Sharma
Parents: Sulom Prakash Sharma, Asha Sharma
Nationality: Indian

6. Early life:
He faced difficulty in his studies Delhi College of Engineering because he did not
speak English. In 1997, while in college Sharma started the website indiasite.net,
and sold it two years later for $1 million.
Career:
He started One97 Communications which offered mobile content including news,
cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 Communications Limited
is the parent company of Paytm , India’s leading digital payments and financial
services company.

7. Background:
• He is the founder of Paytm Mobile Solutions Private limited and serves as its
chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sharma founded One97 Communications Ltd in
2000 and serves as its chairman, Managing director and Chief Executive
Officer.
Throughouthislife, Vijaywantedto beabird whohasfreedom,heneverwantedtobea
horsewhorunsthesametrackoverandoveragain!

8. Awards and recognition
• Ranked the Youngest Indian Billionaire by Forbes magazine.
• Awarded the Impact Person of the Year Award in 2016.
• In 2018, he was named the Entrepreneur of the Year by AIMA.
• Won the Best Serial Entrepreneur Award at the Rural and Urban
Development Summit and Awards 2022 presented by the Minister of
State for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.

9. “ Quotation of Vijay Shekhar Sharma ”

10. Meet our team
President

11. Vijay Shekhar Sharma- An Inspiration
Vijay has been the face of the economically backward section of Indian
society. Even though he came from a family that had financial issues, he was
able to break the barriers and work for the betterment of society. It is no
doubt that Vijay is one of the biggest names in the Indian Startup circuit!

12. Conclusion
Your ideas and skills can make you a billionaire, but you need to be
hardworking and innovative to make it to the top. Entrepreneurs act as the
main pillar of our economy due to their amazing ideas and startups, which
make opportunities and provide them to all.

13. Thank you