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  • Masayoshi Son is ‘happy, enjoying India trip,’ says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma March 08, 2023 09:33 AM IST

    Masayoshi Son is ‘happy, enjoying India trip,’ says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

    Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma thanked SoftBank's Masayoshi Son for supporting Indian startups. Sharma met the Japanese billionaire at Ritesh Agarwal's wedding reception.

  • Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma shares photo of Delhi's Rs 100 kulhad pizza, internet isn't impressed March 06, 2023 12:02 PM IST

    Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma shares photo of Delhi's Rs 100 kulhad pizza, internet isn't impressed

    A Twitter user guessed that the kulhad pizza photo which Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared was from a store in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar.

  • Paytm boss Vijay Shekhar Sharma says he’s never watched ‘Sholay’ and Twitter is shocked March 03, 2023 04:00 PM IST

    Paytm boss Vijay Shekhar Sharma says he’s never watched ‘Sholay’ and Twitter is shocked

    Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and CEO of digital payments platform Paytm, surprised cinephiles when he revealed that he has never watched Sholay.

  • Alibaba affiliate Ant Group exits Paytm, sells entire stake: Reports February 11, 2023 12:37 PM IST

    Alibaba affiliate Ant Group exits Paytm, sells entire stake: Reports

    Ant Group’s nominee Douglas Feagin stepped down from Paytm’s board earlier this month

  • Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma says 323 people joined earnings call: ‘Highest in all calls’ February 07, 2023 07:54 PM IST

    Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma says 323 people joined earnings call: ‘Highest in all calls’

    Paytm's revenue surged 41 percent on-year in the October-December period to Rs 2,062 crore, aided by a rise in merchant subscriptions to payment devices and loan disbursals.

  • Deepinder Goyal tags Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Paytm results: 'Busy working on our own profitability' February 07, 2023 03:19 PM IST

    Deepinder Goyal tags Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Paytm results: 'Busy working on our own profitability'

    Paytm's EBITDA, an indicator of operational profit, before deducting employee stock option ESOP cost margin improved to Rs 31 crore during the third quarter.

  • Ant Group nominee on Paytm board of directors resigns February 03, 2023 02:50 PM IST

    Ant Group nominee on Paytm board of directors resigns

    Ant is an affiliate company of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, which sold $125 million of shares in Paytm last month

  • Davos 2023 | Going public is like adulthood, becoming a private unicorn is like teenage: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma January 20, 2023 03:17 PM IST

    Davos 2023 | Going public is like adulthood, becoming a private unicorn is like teenage: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma

    The Paytm founder’s message to investors is that the management is committed to creating a transparent, soundly governed, profitable, free cash generating company in the long term.

  • Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma may not be eligible for stock options: Proxy firm January 09, 2023 07:24 AM IST

    Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma may not be eligible for stock options: Proxy firm

    While Sharma isn’t classified as a promoter — Indian parlance for controlling shareholder — he has rights akin to one, including a potential permanent seat on the board, IiAS said in a note Friday.

  • No more cash burn, far ahead of our ambitions: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma December 22, 2022 12:51 PM IST

    No more cash burn, far ahead of our ambitions: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma

    As far as Paytm is concerned, we have publicly declared that we are far ahead of our ambitions — far meaning the border of magnitude ahead — in terms of re-setting our cash burns, said founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

  • Vijay Shekhar Sharma wants you to guess who wrote these lines. There's a hint too December 16, 2022 01:18 PM IST

    Vijay Shekhar Sharma wants you to guess who wrote these lines. There's a hint too

    “Can you guess who wrote these lines? (Hint: a tech industry legend),” Vijay Shekhar Sharma tweeted.

  • Ashneer Grover has 'deep respect' for 'fierce competitor' Paytm's Vijay Shekhar. Here's why December 11, 2022 04:10 PM IST

    Ashneer Grover has 'deep respect' for 'fierce competitor' Paytm's Vijay Shekhar. Here's why

    Ashneer Grover also referred to Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma as his "most fierce competitor".

  • What's causing congestion at Delhi Airport? Jet Airways CEO, Paytm boss discuss December 10, 2022 03:42 PM IST

    What's causing congestion at Delhi Airport? Jet Airways CEO, Paytm boss discuss

    Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma joined the conversation on what’s causing long delays at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

  • Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma spotted a torn seat pocket on this airline December 09, 2022 11:39 AM IST

    Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma spotted a torn seat pocket on this airline

    The Delhi airport was the location check-in in Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s post.

  • German Foreign Minister uses Paytm for shopping in Delhi. What Vijay Shekhar Sharma said December 06, 2022 07:05 PM IST

    German Foreign Minister uses Paytm for shopping in Delhi. What Vijay Shekhar Sharma said

    The German minister’s visit to India comes just four days after India formally took over the presidency of the G-20 grouping.

  • Not $8, Paytm CEO is willing to pay $80 if Elon Musk releases this Twitter feature November 30, 2022 03:54 PM IST

    Not $8, Paytm CEO is willing to pay $80 if Elon Musk releases this Twitter feature

    Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma is willing to pay 10 times the monthly subscription fee of Twitter Blue if the social media giant can fast-track the blocking of fake accounts impersonating the real Paytm customer care handle.

  • 'Inspiring is an understatement': Vijay Shekhar Sharma after meeting Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal November 21, 2022 05:08 PM IST

    'Inspiring is an understatement': Vijay Shekhar Sharma after meeting Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal

    Congratulating, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal and his team, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said he was certain that they would make India proud.

  • Ashneer Grover trolls WhatsApp Pay: 'Biggest failure'. How Vijay Shekhar Sharma reacted November 16, 2022 03:13 PM IST

    Ashneer Grover trolls WhatsApp Pay: 'Biggest failure'. How Vijay Shekhar Sharma reacted

    Ashneer Grover shared the photo of a newspaper ad of WhatsApp and said the company should have instead put out an ad for WhatsApp Pay.

  • ‘Next level fraudsters’: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma flags a scam November 09, 2022 12:36 PM IST

    ‘Next level fraudsters’: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma flags a scam

    Vijay Shekhar Sharma posted a screenshot of a message he received from someone claiming to be an American named Dr Larry Greens.

  • Paytm Payments Bank receives RBI observations on IT report November 07, 2022 11:10 PM IST

    Paytm Payments Bank receives RBI observations on IT report

    The payments bank is a joint venture between Paytm, which owns a 49 percent stake in the company, and Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who holds 51 percent.

  • Anand Mahindra, Vijay Shekhar Sharma react to Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover October 28, 2022 01:28 PM IST

    Anand Mahindra, Vijay Shekhar Sharma react to Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

    Industrialist Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, and Paytm boss Vijay Shekhar Sharma were among those who reacted to Musk’s takeover of Twitter.

  • PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey, Zepto's Kaivalya Vohra join Hurun India's Rich List of 2022 September 21, 2022 03:02 PM IST

    PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey, Zepto's Kaivalya Vohra join Hurun India's Rich List of 2022

    Vohra, 19, has in fact become the youngest Indian and the first teenager to have personal wealth of at least Rs 1,000 crore, thanks to an over 50 percent rise in the valuation of Zepto, which he founded with Aadit Palicha in 2020, the report titled IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, showed. Palicha, 20, has also made it to the list.

  • Threat calls to employees, stranded students, helpless parents: A bitter lesson in Lido Learning's bankruptcy September 12, 2022 12:50 PM IST

    Threat calls to employees, stranded students, helpless parents: A bitter lesson in Lido Learning's bankruptcy

    Financial creditors of the once celebrated edtech startup may have to take over 80 percent haircut on their dues while shareholders, parents and employees may get nothing

  • Lido Learning files for bankruptcy, 6 months after asking over 1,200 staffers to quit September 08, 2022 01:46 PM IST

    Lido Learning files for bankruptcy, 6 months after asking over 1,200 staffers to quit

    Ronnie Screwvala-backed edtech startup failed to pay back debts and defaulted on payments to former employees

  • How much salary does Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma draw? August 25, 2022 11:48 AM IST

    How much salary does Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma draw?

    The Paytm annual general meeting on August 19 was a crucial test for CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. His reappointment and salary received overwhelming approval from shareholders.