PayTM Founder; Vijay Shekhar Sharma Lifestyle, Net Worth, House, Cars, Family, Wife & Biography 2017

Vijay Shekhar Sharma Founder Of PAYTM

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Biography:-
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of mobile payments company
& CEO of Paytm and One97 Communications Limited
on 8th July 1973  Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh


School Not Known:- (passed higher secondary at the age of 14)
College/University:- Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological University)
Educational Qualification:- B. Tech in Electronics & Communication


Net Worth:-
$1B - $1.3B
Rs. 6400 Crore - Rs. 6420 Crore
Average Annual income:- Rs. 520 Crore
Personal Investment:- Rs. 3450 Crore


Cars:-
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Price: Rs. 2.09 Crores


Jaguar XJ Price: 1.07 Crore


BMW I8 Price: 2.62 Crores


Audi A6 Price: Rs.55Lakhs - Rs.60 Lakhs


Family:-

Father- Sulom Prakash Sharma (School Teacher)
Mother- Asha Sharma


Brother- 1 (younger)
Sisters- 2 (both elder
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Wife Mridula Sharma
Son- Vivaan Sharma


House:- The property spread across 6,000-sq-ft is close to Delhi’s landmark areas like India Gate, Supreme Court, Delhi high court.
He bought this Luxury bangalow in New Delhi Price 128 Crore

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Career:-
He started college at the age of 15. In 1997, while in college, started the website indiasite.net and sold it two years later for $1 million
In 2000 he started One97 Communications which offered mobile content like news, cricket scores,

In December 2015, Sharma criticised Facebook's Free Basics initiative in India, as being against the principle of net neutrality
Shekhar Sharma founded Paytm in August 2010 with the dream of becoming India’s largest mobile payment and e-commerce platform

In 2017, Vijay Shekhar Sharma was featured in the World Billionaire's List by Forbes. He acquired the 1567th rank becoming India's youngest man to be featured on the list

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Awards:-

Honoris Causa Doctorate of Sciences (D.Sc.) Degree, Amity University Gurgaon, 2016

India Today magazine ranked him #18th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list

Hobbies:- Listening to music, reading, bungee jumping, river rafting