Top Indian Personalities of 2018-2019

50. Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder and CEO of Paytm. His e-wallet company was one of the biggest beneficiaries at the time of demonetization announced in 2016. Recently, as per Forbes 2019, Paytm has achieved user base of 300 million people, and on a daily basis 12 million transactions are carried out through this e-wallet. In 2018, Paytm was successful in getting an investment of $300 million by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway. To expand the role of Paytm in India, Sharma created Paytm Mall and Paytm Payments Bank. Forbes 2019 states his current net worth to be US$2.7 billion. He considers his role model to be Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank. In 2017, Vijay Shekhar Sharma was named in GQ India among the list of 50 Most Influential Young Indians.