Vikas is a Managing Director and member of various illiquid Investment Committees at HPS Investment Partners, a leading global investment firm with more than $60 billion of assets under management. Prior to joining HPS in 2010, he spent a majority of his career at BlackRock, where he was a part of the initial team that established, structured and capitalized BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: BKCC), a publicly traded private investment vehicle. Vikas is a CFA charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He feels passionately about expanding the educational opportunity set for those less fortunate.