Praveen Sharma
Praveen Sharma is the Chief Executive Officer of Housing.com, part of the Aurum PropTech ecosystem. He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across the technology, digital, advertising, and media sectors in India and the Asia-Pacific region.
A seasoned business leader, Praveen is recognised for his strong commercial acumen, passion for innovation, and ability to build high-performing teams and customer-centric solutions. Throughout his career, he has successfully built and scaled businesses across dynamic, technology-led markets.
Before joining Housing.com, Praveen served as Chief Operating Officer of Ads and Commerce Services at Paytm, where he built the company's advertising business from the ground up and transformed it into a highly profitable operation. He also served as Managing Director and CEO of Paytm Payments, leading one of India's prominent online payment aggregation platforms.
Earlier, Praveen spent nearly a decade at Google across India and Singapore. As part of Google India's leadership team, he led YouTube and Display sales before moving to Singapore as Regional Director for Performance Media, Asia Pacific. In this role, he helped drive the growth of Google's performance media portfolio—including Search, app promotion, Shopping, and Commerce—across APAC markets.
Before Google, Praveen held senior leadership roles at leading advertising networks, including Madison, GroupM, and Initiative Media.
Outside work, Praveen enjoys travelling, reading about Indian history, following sports, and playing tennis and golf.
