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| Gambling does not appear to be a mug’s game for Indian-born Bhargava, 32, the marketing director of internet poker firm Party Gaming. He is friends with fellow founder Anurag Dikshit (qv), the software genius who designed the site, as they both graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology. Bhargava, who lives in Gibraltar where Party Gaming is based, confesses he has never played a hand of poker in a real casino. The company floated on the London Stock Exchange last June with a £4.7 billion valuation. Bhargava, who teamed up with entrepreneurs Russell De Leon (qv) and Ruth Parasol (qv) as the business took shape, says: “None of us could have predicted what has happened, it has grown faster than we ever thought possible. We’ve never had a dull day — it’s been exciting and fun all the way.” Bhargava sold shares worth £123m in the float and retains a holding worth £468m. Other wealth takes him to £592m. | ||||||||||||||||
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