Rating
- Business Savvy74
- Proven Wins74
- Leads the Pack74
- Solves It Fast68
- Talks It Up94
Took a small-town self-taught start to a household payments brand and India's then-largest IPO, and is among the most compelling narrators in Indian business. Both other axes carry real weight against that: the post-listing value collapse and the 2024 Reserve Bank restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank are serious reversals.
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About
Founded One97 Communications in 2000 and launched Paytm in 2010, building it into one of India's most widely used payments platforms. Took the company public in 2021 and continues to lead it.
A Delhi College of Engineering graduate from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, he taught himself to code and founded One97 Communications in 2000 as a mobile content and value-added services business, nearly losing it during the dotcom downturn. He launched Paytm in 2010 as a recharge platform, and its wallet became a household product after the 2016 demonetisation. He took the company public in November 2021 and has led it through the regulatory restrictions placed on Paytm Payments Bank in 2024.
Source: en.wikipedia.org