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Journey of Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
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Vijay Shekhar was a small town boy who was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. His early schooling was done in a Hindi medium school.
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He joined Delhi College of Engineering at the age of 15
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Vijay Shekhar is the founder of Paytm and currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
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In 2000, he started a company called One97.
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Shekhar put all his deposits in the company but due to the dot com burst, his company could not move forward
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The growth had flat-lined until Jack Ma led Alibaba group invested in Paytm.
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India's largest digital financial service provider also got a rare deal from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, who typically avoids internet firms
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In 2015, One97 received a license from Reserve Bank Of India for starting one of India's first payment banks.
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After demonetisation, Paytm witnessed 700% hike in business.
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma has said Alibaba's Jack Ma and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son are his biggest inspiration.
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The company has 13,000 employees and has 3 million offline merchants in India as of January 2017.
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India Today Magazine ranked him 18 on "India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017" list.