Vijay Shekhar Sharma

$1.43B

as of 11/11/25

About Vijay Shekhar Sharma

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

One of the biggest beneficiaries of India's 2016 demonetization, Paytm has notched up 400 million users and 25 million transactions daily.

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

Sharma has also created Paytm Mall, an e-commerce business and the Paytm Payments Bank.

Shares of Paytm have fallen steeply since its November 2021 IPO.

Personal stats

Citizenship

India

Source of wealth

financial technology

Residence

Delhi

Marital status

Married

Birth date

06/07/78 (age 47)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Delhi University

Self-made

self-made