Vijay Shekhar Sharma led Paytm is eying India’s largest initial public offering (IPO) to raise about Rs 21,800 crore as it plans to list on the country’s bourses in November
Five unknown facts about Paytm founder who is eying to raise India’s largest IPO
As Vijay Shekhar Sharma led Paytm is eyeing to bring in India’s largest initial public offering (IPO) to raise about Rs 21,800 crore planning to get listed on the country’s bourses in November, EBNW Story brings five unknown facts about this man born and brought in middle family who redefined business equations:
- Sharma’s father was a school teacher: Yes, it’s a fact that Sharma’s father was a school teacher in Aligarh.
- He was a Hindi medium student in school: Sharma was a Hindi Medium student till class XII
- He pursued his engineering from Delhi School of Engineering: Sharma pursued his engineering in electronics and community from Delhi School of Engineering.
- He floated a website being a student: While pursuing his engineering, Sharma floated indiasite.net and sold this website worth lakh within 2 years. This was the start of his entrepreneurial sojourn.
- Exhausted with savings, he availed loans: With eyes shining bright in his eyes, Sharma spent his savings and then borrowed loans to run his company.