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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], India<br />
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| nationality = British<br />
| education = [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]]<br> [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]]<br />
| occupation = Businessman<br />
| known_for = Co-founder of [[PartyGaming]], company responsible for [[PartyPoker]]<br />
| net_worth = US$ 870 million (2005)<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |title=India's Richest: #30 Vikrant Bhargava |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/77/R4CR.html |website=Forbes |access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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'''Vikrant Bhargava''' ('''विक्रान्त भार्गव''') (born 14 December 1972) is an Indian-born British businessman, and the co-founder and former marketing director of [[online casino]] operator [[PartyGaming]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bhargava is an alumnus of the [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]], and also holds a bachelor's degree in Technology in electrical engineering from [[IIT Delhi]]. {{citation needed|date=November 2019}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Prior to joining PartyGaming, Bhargava was a credit officer at [[Bank of America]], responsible for managing credit exposure and revenue for corporate clients, and a business analyst in the business development division of [[British Gas plc|British Gas]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}<br />
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Bhargava joined [[PartyGaming]] (formerly iGlobalMedia) as marketing director in early 2000. In July 2001, he oversaw the marketing for the launch of PartyPoker, and was the face of [[Partygaming]] when it went public in 2005, at the time the [[London Stock Exchange]]'s largest IPO of an internet company, valued at over $8 Billion.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}<br />
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In May 2006, Bhargava announced he would leave the company's board of directors at the end of the year.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/facesscan/2006/05/24/partygaming-billionaires-dikshit-cx_po_0524autofacescan06.html PartyGaming's Billionaire Dikshit Quits Board]</ref> He also stepped down from his executive role in the company. Quoted in ''[[eGaming Review]]'', John Shepherd, director of PartyGaming corporate communications, credited Bhargava with transforming PartyGaming into a multi-billion pound company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-16-2006/0004381834|title=PartyGaming Executive Added as World Poker Congress Keynoter}}</ref> At the time of leaving PartyGaming, Bhargava's fortune was estimated to be £850 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globeranks.com/op-5-richest-people-in-gibraltar-2018-and-their-net-worth/|title=Gibraltar Rich list: Top 5 Millionaires and their net worth in 2019|date=15 September 2018}}</ref> ($1.6 billion at that time)<br />
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Bhargava later became the head of a private investment company, Veddis Ventures, registered in [[Gibraltar]].<ref name="eye1445">{{cite journal|title=Donor Watch|journal=[[Private Eye]]|date=2 June 2017|issue=1445|page=11}}</ref> According to the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]], Bhargava has donated around £200,000 to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] via two of his companies, Stellite Finance and Aria Properties.<ref name="eye1445"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.theguardian.com/business/story/0,3604,1441390,00.html Guardian feature article]<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050320/asp/frontpage/story_4515973.asp Telegraph India feature article]<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/article/0,9171,1132818,00.html Time Magazine article]<br />
* [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2006/08/11/stories/2006081100050100.htm The Hindu Business Line article]<br />
* [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/mar/19/business.onlinesupplement Guardian Interview]<br />
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