Anurag Dikshit is an Indian entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as a co-founder of PartyGaming, the parent company of PartyPoker, which later merged with bwin to form Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Dikshit played a pivotal role in developing the software platform that powered PartyGaming’s rapid growth in the early 2000s. He was instrumental in the company’s 2005 London Stock Exchange IPO, one of the largest in the online gambling sector at the time.
• Co-founded PartyGaming, which became one of the world’s largest online gambling companies.
• Developed the core software platform for PartyPoker, enabling its global expansion.
• Played a key role in PartyGaming’s 2005 IPO, which valued the company at over £4.6 billion.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Featured in The Guardian, “The rise and fall of Anurag Dikshit, the Indian billionaire who bet on online poker,” 2009.
• Profiled by BBC News, “PartyGaming founder Anurag Dikshit admits US gambling offences,” 2008.