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Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Vijay Shekhar Sharma serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. An Indian fintech founder-CEO navigating trust, regulation and scale in digital payments.
FigureAsia Asia Wealth Index
Snapshot as of 15 July 2026
- Asia wealth rank
- No. 1072
- Estimated net worth
- $1.4B
- Primary market
- India
- Field
- Finance & Capital
Overview
Professional record
An Indian fintech founder-CEO navigating trust, regulation and scale in digital payments. His contribution was keeping a major payments brand relevant while navigating a stricter financial technology environment. His influence reaches merchants, consumers, banks, fintech founders, regulators and investors tracking India's payments infrastructure.
FigureAsia Record
Selected recognition
2026
Top 100 CEOs 2026
No. 95
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2026
FigureAsia Asia Wealth Index
No. 1072
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2025
Asia's Top Founders 100 2025
No. 50
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2025
Asia's Top Entrepreneurs 2025
No. 51
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2025
Asia's Top CEOs 100 2025
No. 74
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2023
Asia's Top Self-Made Leaders 2023
No. 15
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2023
Asia's Top Founders 2023
No. 27
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2023
Asia's Top CEOs 2023
No. 52
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2022
Asia's Top Tech Leaders 2022
No. 45
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2022
Asia's Top Finance Leaders 2022
No. 48
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2022
Asia's Top CEOs 2022
No. 65
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2021
Asia's Future 100 2021
No. 11
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2021
Asia's Top Tech Leaders 2021
No. 28
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2021
Asia's Top CEOs 2021
No. 65
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2021
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2021
No. 69
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2020
FigureAsia 2020 Future 100
No. 11
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2020
Asia's Top Founders 2020
No. 24
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2020
Asia's Top CEOs 2020
No. 35
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2020
FigureAsia 100: Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2020
No. 45
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2019
Asia's Top Founders 2019
No. 17
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2019
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2019
No. 46
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2019
Asia's Top CEOs 2019
No. 56
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2019
FigureAsia 100: Asia's Top CEOs 2019
No. 56
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2018
Asia's Top CEOs 2018
No. 25
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2018
Asia's Top Tech Leaders 2018
No. 33
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2018
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2018
No. 39
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2017
Asia's Top Founders 2017
No. 26
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2016
Asia's Top CEOs 2016
No. 30
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2016
Asia's Top Tech Leaders 2016
No. 33
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2016
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2016
No. 55
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