Bobby Bhatia

Bobby Bhatia (born June 12, 1973) is an Indian tech entrepreneur and investor based in Singapore. He is the CEO and Founder of TrakInvest, world’s first virtual social trading platform. After working for 20 years in the investment sector, Bobby Bhatia founded TrakInvest in 2013.

Early Life & education

Bobby was on June 12, 1973 in New Delhi, India. At the age of 9 his family moved to Kuwait where he attended the American School of Kuwait. Bobby developed an interest in business and finance in his youth and got selected in Young Scholar’s Program at Stanford University in 1989. He attended and graduated in Economics with Honours from Duke University.

Initial Career

Bobby Bhatia began his career with O’Connor & Associates, a Chicago based options trading firm. After the acquisition of O’Connor & Associates by Swiss Bank Corporation, Bobby worked in various departments of this associate program. In 1995, Bobby joined Solomon Brothers as a derivatives trader. In 1998, he joined Chase Capital Partners (CCPA), which was later called as JP Morgan Partners. In 2006, Bobby joined AIG as Managing Director & Head of Principal Investments. Bobby has held board positions and advisor positions in Sentinel Capital, Palma Capital (UAE), Asia Virtual Pay (China), Livesports and SparkLabs (Korea).

TrakInvest

In 2010, Bobby relocated his operations and investments headquarters to Singapore and turned into an entrepreneur., and in 2013 conceptualized his own venture called TrakInvest, a Singapore based virtual social trading platform. TrakInvest provides analytical tools and sentiment indicators to investors, and aims at teaching investments as a life skill. In early 2017, TrakInvest launched the first virtual trading reality show on Youtube.. In November-December 2017, the company moved onto Blockchain technology and also launched its own cryptocurrency called TRAK tokens.

News & Articles

• Edelweiss partners with TrakInvest for hiring campaign - Economics Times News
• From mock trades to real jobs: How TrakInvest is closing the loop - Forbes India
• TrakInvest, IISc launch 'Trak-n-RIISc' - Deccan Herald
• IISc joins hands with TrakInvest - Business Standard
• IISc joins hands with TrakInvest - India Today
• The Finalists for India’s first virtual stock trading reality show TrakInvest have been announced - Business World
• IISc partners TrakInvest to offer stock trading course - The Economics Times
• Applied games woo users to learn new skills, improve health as they play - Business Standard
• TrakInvest, Indian institute of science to help youngsters make risk-free investment in stock market