Name | Sameer Nigam |
Age/DOB | 46 (1978) |
Known For | Entrepreneur Founder & CEO of PhonePe |
Marital Status | Married |
Family | Wife: Yet to be updated Children: Yet to be updated Father: Yet to be updated Mother: Yet to be updated |
Education | Graduated from The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania |
Native | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Sameer Nigam is an Indian Entrepreneur who is the co-founder & CEO of the UPI-based online payment system, PhonePe. In 2009, he built his first venture, Mime360, which connects content owners to its publishers. Sameer then established PhonePe alongside co-founders Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer, which attracted millions of investors. He also served at Flipkart from 2011 to 2015 in the role of Vice President and Senior Vice President.
Did You Know?
- Sameer Nigam’s venture Phonepe got a tremendous boost from the demonetization policy.
- In 2024, he asked for an unconditional apology for his comments on Karnataka Job reservation bills. This controversy started after he criticized the bill on social media handles.
- He served as the director of search product development at Shopzilla from 2001 to 2007.
- In 2018, he was honored in the Economic Times 40 under Forty list of top business leaders in India.
- He is also been part of major projects such as INS Arihant and Chandrayan.
- His venture, PhonePe, won a 9th India Digital award at the IAMAI in 2019.
- Sameer got the Marketer Of The Year UPI Award at the IAA Leadership Awards 2022.
- In 2019, Sameer appeared in the Money 20/20 Asia and NASSCOM Product Conclave.