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Because
with a net worth of $1.3 billion, he is India’s youngest billionaire. He introduced the concept of mobile wallets to Indians and also made it to the Time’s 100 most influential people in the world, the only other Indian on the list being Narendra Modi. Paytm is the largest mobile wallet company with 250 million account holders; he wants to scale it to 500 million by 2020
Because
Paytm was one of the biggest beneficiaries of demonetisation. Its traffic increased by 435 per cent while its app downloads grew 200 per cent
Because
as of May 2017, Paytm’s valuation was at $7 billion and he accomplished this within the last decade. He was quoted in an interview as saying that the valuation could go up to $12 billion
DID YOU KNOW? He loves speed, in cars and work, is passionate about all genres of music, and considers Jack Ma of Alibaba to be his guide