Vikrant Bhargava (विक्रान्त भार्गव; born 14 December 1972)[1] is an Indian-born British businessman, and the co-founder and former marketing director of online casino operator PartyGaming.
[2] He holds a bachelor's degree in Technology in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, where he met his future business partner Anurag Dikshit.
[2] In July 2001, he oversaw the marketing for the launch of PartyPoker, as well as for Partygaming when it went public in 2005,[1] at the time the London Stock Exchange's largest IPO of an internet company, valued at over $8.5 billion.
[9] ($1.6 billion at that time) Bhargava later became the head of a private investment company, Veddis Ventures, registered in Gibraltar.
[10] According to the Electoral Commission, Bhargava has donated around £200,000 to the Conservative Party via two of his companies, Stellite Finance and Aria Properties.