BUSINESS SPECIAL................. INDIA’S HOTTEST BUSINESS LEADERS 40 AND UNDER Nos.28 TO 30

INDIA’S HOTTEST BUSINESS LEADERS 40 AND UNDER  Nos.28 TO 30

28.Vijay Shekhar Sharma, 37





Chairman & Managing Director ­ PaytmOne97

Education: DCE (B.E., Electronics and Communications)

Previous Jobs: RiverRun Software and Intersolutions India

Claim to fame: Youngest engineer from Delhi University

Best advice anybody gave me: Mostly came from my investors

Success to me is: Creating a product that makes the lives of a billion people simpler

My favorite people: Jack Ma, Masa (Masayoshi Son), Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch and Sunil Mittal. All of them were underdogs who ended up creating business empires even when they were written off at different points in time

What I wanted to be when I was 20 years old: To create incredible consumer tech products

How I unwind: Love high adrenaline activities. I regularly go rafting, have done bungee jumping and skydiving. Music helps me relax. I usually drive a BMW and listen to music. U2 and Coldplay are my favorite bands. I also like to listen to Cuban jazz and the blues. And I mostly go to sleep listening to western classical music

My favorite song: Where Streets Have No Name by U2

Kunal Shah, 36





Co-founder: Freecharge

Education: BA in Philosophy, MBA drop out.

Previous Jobs: Infinix, PaisaBack

Claim to fame: FreeCharge sold to SnapDeal in the largest exit in India in the ecommerce space

Best piece of advice anybody gave me: My philosophy professor said true joy lies in creating things, happiness is a disorder

My favourite people: Socrates, G.B. Shaw, Steve Jobs

What I wanted to be when I was 20 years old: To not have to work for money by age 35

What I want to be when I'm 50: A guy who played a big role in creation of truly digital India.

30.Radhika Piramal, 37





Managing Director, VIP Industries

Education: University of Oxford, Harvard Business School

Previous Jobs: Bain & Co.

Claim to fame: Diversified from luggage to lifestyle by launching Caprese handbags

My favourite people: Roger Federer

What I wanted to be when I was 20 years old : MD of VIP Industries

What I want to be when I'm 50 : MD of VIP Industries, which will get 23 of revenues from lifestyle brands by the time I'm 50.

If there is one thing I would like to change about myself: Be more patient.

My favourite movie: If Lord of the Rings Trilogy is on, I can't turn it off.

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