Laxmi Datt Sharma
| Laxmi Datt Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mandhara |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Shoogloo Group, MD of Optimise Media Group |
| Twitter= | |
Laxmi Datt Sharma is an Indian businessman known as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Optimise Media Group (India), a UK based Performance Marketing Company, Founder and CEO of Shoogloo and Sirmouri, both Singapore-based Digital Marketing Groups.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Sharma was born in a village called Mandhara in District Sirmaur of Himachal Pradesh and has acquired a degree in MBA.
Career[edit]
Sharma served in Indian Army with Bengal Engineers Group initially and later joined corporate world. He served with various institutions including Amity University, Oswal Group, The Time of India Group, Deal Group Media Plc UK before entering into entrepreneurial line.[2][3]
Sharma set up Deal Group Media Plc (DGM India) in India in 2006 - the first Affiliate Marketing company in India from the UK and later launched Shoogloo Group. He later set up Optimise Media Group in India - another UK based performance marketing company and helped set up Optimise in many countries in Asia Pac.[4] After being part of DGM India as one of the founding directors, Sharma helped in launching affiliate programs of more than 200 companies including MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Ferns N Petals, FlipKart, Snapdeal, Jet Airways etc through DGM India, Shoogloo and Optimise.[5][6][7]
In 2015, John Robert Porter of iSpire acquired 50% stake in Shoogloo,[8] which was set up with Bhupinder Tomar in Singapore.[9]
Sharma through Shoogloo was involved in launching the affiliate and shopping programs of huge brands like The Times Group[10] and Jet Airways.[11]
Sharma has invested in Bollywood movies including Mantostaan, Saanjh and an upcoming movie Side A Side B. [12][13][14][15]
Sharma is a car rally driver and has won many podium positions including Maruti Suzuki Rally of Himachal and Maruti Suzuki Uttrakhand Adventure Car Rally in 2016.
Public appearances[edit]
- Featured at the launch of Startup India by the PM Narendra Modi in 2010[16][17]
- PCQuest (magazine) invited LD Sharma on National Youth Day and spoke to him on issues faced by Small and medium-sized enterprises[18]
- CIOReview Technology Special Oct. 2017 Edition – Front Page Coverage[19]
- Appeared on NDTV 24x7 and talked about importance of domain names in the show.[20]
- Featured as a Face of the month in a monthly Magazine called DLF City NEWS[21]
- Featured on Cover of famous IT magazine called Startup 360 published by DCI Group[22]
- Global Indian Business Excellence Award[23][24]
- Young Indian Entrepreneurs Award 2018-19 [25]
- Iconic Leader of the Year[26]
Social work[edit]
Sharma is involved in much social and humanitarian work across India. He sponsored the Brazil Ultra Marathon of Sunil Sharma from Sirmaur district.[27] He also organized Blood donation camp in a civil hospital in Sirmaur district.[28] Birla School, Kalyan invited LD Sharma for annual function speech to motivate the school students.[29] He has also organized an event to remember Martyr Rotam Lal and donated a sum of RS. 21000 to Rotam Lal memorial club.[30]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Updated: Affiliate Marketing Co Shoogloo Rebrands As TrooTrac; Founder LD Sharma? - MediaNama". www.medianama.com. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Indiatimes launches Affiliate marketing program". dsim.in. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "DSIM- Digital Marketing Blog". Digital Marketing Blog - DSIM. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "LD Sharma joins Mediaturf as associate vice president, Search & International Business". www.afaqs.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "L D Sharma launches affiliate, search engine marketing company - IndiaDigitalReview". IndiaDigitalReview. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Affiliate Marketing Firm OMG Sets Up India Subsidiary; Plans India As Asia Pac HQ". Techcircle. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Staff, Edit (2007-05-10). "DGM India Appoints Anurag Gupta As MD; LD Sharma As Director- Search & Affiliate". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Krishnamurthy, Krithika (2015-12-16). "John Porter of i-Spire picks up 50% stake in digital marketing firm Shoogloo". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "OMG appoints LD Sharma as Group Consultant for APAC - IndiaDigitalReview". IndiaDigitalReview. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Indiatimes launches affiliate marketing programme - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Announcement (2009-01-21). "Jet Airways starts affiliate program with by Shoogloo Network". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "SaaS Startup Omnify Gains Funding From Rajan Anandan, Others - Inc42 Media". Inc42 Media. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Omnify". angel.co. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Omnify, A SaaS platform raises funding from Google India MD - Indian CEO". indianceo.in. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Vignesh, J. (2017-04-11). "SaaS company Omnify raises Rs 97 lakh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Modi's Startup India Gains Momentum From IT Sector | CELLIT - Technology News Magazine". cellit.in. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ↑ "How Will Startup India Help You?DATAQUEST". www.dqindia.com. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ↑ ""Talent Acquisition is a Major Pain Point for SMEs" - PCQuest". PCQuest. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ↑ "CIOReview Technology Special Oct 2017". PCQuest. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ↑ perrysharma (2007-10-10), LDsharma (Domain King) on NDTV, retrieved 2019-09-24
- ↑ "ld SHARMA" (PDF). DLF Citynews. Vol. 10 no. 4. July 2016. p. 22.
- ↑ "Startup 360 Magazine - Get your Digital Subscription". Magzter. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "सिरमौर के एलडी शर्मा को अंतरराष्ट्रीय मार्केटिंग में एक्सीलेंस अवार्ड". amarujala.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "First Ever Global Indian Business Excellence Awards Launched". aninews.in. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "A winner at all costs". forbesindia.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "First-ever Global Indian Business Excellence Awards launched in Parliament to foster stronger UK-India relationship". northeasttimes.in. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brazil Ultra Marathon में दौड़ेगा सिरमौरी गबरू Sunil Sharma". Himachal Abhi Abhi (in हिन्दी). 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "सिविल अस्पताल में रक्तदान शिविर आयाेजन - Panchayat Times". www.panchayattimes.com (in हिन्दी). 4 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Birla School Annual Function Speech by LD Sharma - dOb Movies". dobmovies.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "शहीद रोतम लाल की याद में पूर्व सैनिकों को सम्मान- Amarujala". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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