Paytm founder Sharma says winning in India prepared him for the world

Paytm founder Sharma says winning in India prepared him for the world

Signage for digital-payments provider Paytm, operated by One97 Communications Ltd., is displayed at a shop selling printer cartridges in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, 41, founded closely-held One97 Communications and its brand Paytm (rhymes with ATM) almost two decades ago. It offered a variety of digital services before moving into payments in 2014, just as millions of urban Indians began shopping online.