When Paytm's success story became a case study at Harvard

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is worth a cool $2.6 billion, heading one of India’s biggest start up success stories — Paytm. While his background of Hindi-medium schooling and an engineering degree from the Delhi College of Engineering stands out amid the glossy Ivy League degrees of his contemporaries, life has come a full circle.

The billionaire recently met the president of Harvard University, Lawrence Bacow on the sidelines of an event in China. Sharing photos with the noted academician on Twitter, Sharma wrote, “Though I couldn’t go to Harvard for formal education, today, I met the very inspiring and gracious president of @Harvard. Humbled.”

Vijay Shekhar✔@vijayshekhar

Though, I couldn’t go to Harvard for formal education. Today, met very inspiring and gracious president of @Harvard , Mr. Bakao.
Humbled, thankful

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11:25 AM - Mar 22, 2019 · Harvard Center Shanghai

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Ironically though, Sharma was destined for Harvard in one way or another. The journey of Paytm from being a recharge platform to a payments bank became the topic of a case study published by Harvard Business School last year.