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if you were worth $1.6-billion, would you change your name?
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| chinamon |
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The World's Billionaires
#618 Anurag Dik
03.08.07, 6:00 PM ET
Age: 35
Fortune: self made
Source: online gambling
Net Worth: $1.6 bil
Country Of Citizenship: India
Residence: , Gibraltar, Middle East & Africa
Industry:
Marital Status: married, 1 child
Education:
Developmental engineer turned online gambling mogul enduring the wrath of U.S. government's crack down on Internet betting. Owns 32% of Internet poker darling PartyGaming; London Stock Exchange-traded stock down 70% since September when Congress passed laws banning financial institutions from facilitating bets for online gambling sites. Earned degree in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. First jobs at CMC, Websci, AT&T. PartyGaming founder, American Ruth Parasol, launched Starluck Casino on the Internet in 1997. Dik (pronounced Dix-it) joined a year later at age 25; wrote company's betting software, which enables gamblers around the world to play one another in poker. Parasol and husband J. Russell DeLeon no longer billionaires following stock slide last fall.
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| Tordan |
| its pronounced dix-it. and if i was worth 1.6B i wouldn't really care who made fun of my name. i'll be the one laughing. ;) |
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| Djsketchbag |
| if you gave me 1.6 billion dollars i'd be a Dik too!!! |
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| CategoryZd |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tordan
...if i was worth 1.6B i wouldn't really care who made fun of my name. i'll be the one laughing. ;) |
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| Jeff Button |
Dik > dik
+ he's got 1.6 bil to boot. |
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| legendary_waz |
| id prolly do it for half that:happy2: |
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| MikeyN |
| with that kind of money i want to be King Mikey of the Principality of Monaco. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| Easy answer, yes. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| I would make every other m*tha F*cka change their names!!! |
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| DigitalMP |
| If my dick could , I'd be worth a hell of a lot more than $1.6B. |
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| Engine9 |
lol hes 35, has a wifey + kids and has 1.6 billion dollars
i dont think anybody is gone make fun of his name, nor does he give a dick |
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