# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vijay-shekhar-sharma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:14:40.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vijay-shekhar-sharma"
name: "Vijay Shekhar Sharma"
slug: "vijay-shekhar-sharma"
description: "Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian technology entrepreneur known as the founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm."
tagline: "CEO of Paytm"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vijay_Shekhar_Sharma%2C_Founder_and_Chief_Executive_Officer%2C_Paytm.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Executives"
  slug: "executives"
profileType:
  name: "Executive"
  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1978-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.493857333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 86
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump