Laxmi Sharma

Laxmi Sharma
Sharma in 2017.
Born	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Known for	Being the first women to drive an auto rickshaw.

Laxmi Sharma (Nepali: लक्ष्मी शर्मा) is a Nepali entrepreneur. She is credited as the first woman to drive an auto-rickshaw and went on to establish the first button factory in Nepal. Sharma was married at a young age, after getting a divorce she worked as a housemaid for sixteen years. Later, she started to drive a rickshaw. Though she was harassed for being a woman driver, she went on to open Laxmi Wood Craft Udhyog, a company that made buttons. The buttons were exported to Germany, Switzerland, Zambia, Denmark and the USA.