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Rahul Sharma (businessman) Biography 
Rahul Sharma is an Indian businessman and the co-founder of Micromax Informatics.Rahul Sharma founded the company, Micromax in the year 2000. Rahul Sharma started Micromax along with three friends Vikas Jain, Sumeet Arora, Rajesh Aggarwal. It all started as an IT software company that also distributed Nokia phones, but Sharma's winning idea of making cheap phones with a long-lasting battery life brought Micromax to the forefront of mobile phones in India.At present, the company operated from its headquarters in Gurgaon, Haryana.Sharma holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nagpur. Apart from that, he also has Bachelor in Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.Rahul Sharma currently serves as the CEO of Micromax Informatics. The group began selling mobile phones in 2008, after being a distributor of Nokia phones in India for a while.
Rahul Sharma has been Vice President of Marketing and Internet Channel at MobileWave Group plc (Fieldbury PLC) since June 13, 2007. Sharma Co-Founded Micromax Informatics Limited and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He served as Executive Director of Product Strategy and Channel Sales at Micromax Informatics Limited.
He is an experienced marketing architect with a background in product goods and technology marketing, having spearheaded successful campaigns for Procter & Gamble, Microsoft Xbox and Shaw Cablesystems' on demand television services. He served as Vice President of On Demand Television Services at Shaw Communications Inc. since February 2004. He has over 13 years experience in sales and marketing. Sharma served closely with Shaw Communications corporate Sales and Marketing teams, and was responsible for oversaw the marketing and development of Shaw's On Demand products - Pay Per View, Video On Demand and Digital Pay Television. He joined Shaw with a strong background in marketing and brand/product management. Prior to Shaw, he held a number of management positions in Communications, Consumer Marketing and Brand Management. His extensive experience in building brands and launching new products along with his broad range of general business and marketing knowledge. He has been an Executive Director of Micromax Informatics Limited since April 1, 2007. As of September 2015, Sharma is engaged to film actress Asin.Actor Akshay Kumar said he introduced the two.He always wanted to start a new business
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Rahul Sharma is an experienced marketing architect, and has a background in product goods and technology. Sharma has headed several successful campaigns for big brands in the country and abroad.Sharma's modus operandi of focussing on the Indian youth and tweaking mobile phones to meet their demands saw a warm response in the country. As of today, the brand is the 10th largest handset supplier globally. Rahul Sharma is close friends with actor Akshay Kumar, who is supposedly the one behind hooking him up with Asin. Kumar and his wife Twinkle Khanna were among the first stars to endorse Micromax when the brand had begun selling mobile phones in 2008. Thereafter, Sharma's company went on to hire Wolverine star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador in 2014. Actress Asin Thottumkmal is engaged to Rahul Sharma. He is 39 years old, a good 10 years older to Asin.
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Updated: October 25, 2015
