Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born 7 June 1978) is an Indian technology entrepreneur, and the founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm.

[13][14] Three years later, in 2000, he started One97 Communications [15] which offered mobile content including news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results.

[18][19] Sharma joined the board of management at Netaji Subhas University of Technology in Delhi for three years.

[20] In 2024, Sharma stepped down from his role as part-time non-executive chairman and board member of Paytm Payments Bank.

[38] He cites Alibaba's founder Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son of Softbank, as his inspirations.