Paytm Success Story

Rajan Drilers
Jul 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Someone wise has said, “A man makes his own destiny.” This has been well proved by the CEO and founder of Paytm. Born in a small town Aligarh, Vijay didn’t have an easy life. He is from a humble background where his father is a principal and mother’s a housewife. Nothing ever came easily to Vijay be it the money or success.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma now comes out with the most welcoming smile possible but very few are aware of the hard work and difficult times he had gone through. He now owns a company worth 3 billion dollars that are a whopping amount for anyone. Check the complete Success story of Paytm and know how dedication pays off.

The difficulties Vijay Sharma faced in the initial years (Paytm Success Story)

Vijay was an exceptional and an outstanding child in the school. But all this changed when he came out of his city and joined the college life. He shifted from the first bencher to the backbencher because of the lack of the knowledge of the English. India is a country where the English obsession is nothing new and more than thousands of people go through harassment and failure because of this. Below listed are some of the more difficulties that he faced in his tough time.

His English turned out to be the biggest hurdle in his success. But Vijay was not the one who would easily give up. To increase his English skills, he took the help of his friends, books, magazines etc. Not only this, he read the same book both in English and Hindi to understand the language deeply.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma PAYTM CEO & FOUNDER

Vijay being the topper in school became the backbencher because of the poor English proficiency. This led to him spending more time on computers and dreaming about the Silicon Valley.

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