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Sanjiv Goenka
Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group- RPSG Group
- Stake in CESC Limited
- Stake in Firstsource Solutions Limited
- Stake in Spencer's Retail Limited
- Stake in Saregama India Limited
Sanjiv Goenka's Journey so far ...
- Sanjiv Goenka is a graduate of Calcutta University and currently heads the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, popularly known as RPSG Group
- The group was originally founded in 1820 but was split into several businesses. In 2011, late Rama Prasad Goenka bifurcated RPG Enterprises into two separate entities - RPG Group was headed by elder son Harsh Goenka, and RPSG Group was put under the charge of younger son Sanjiv Goenka
- Businesses that Sanjiv inherited have a presence in power, engineering, education, media and entertainment, IT, retail, FMCG, plantations and foods. Headquartered in Kolkata, the RPSG Group consists of over 23 companies and has over 44000 employees worldwide. CESC, a power utility company, is the flagship of the group that Goenka restructured in four separate companies
- Philips Carbon Black, a carbon black manufacturer, Spencer's Retail, a hypermarket retail chain, and Saregama are some of the other large companies in his group. Saregama India, a listed entity has the greatest repertoire of Indian music
- Under the leadership of Goenka, Philips Carbon Black became the largest carbon black producer in India and the seventh-largest in the world with its products being used in more than 30 countries
- He expanded the group both organically and inorganically by entering new businesses and acquiring others, some notable acquisitions made by the group are BPO firm Firstsource and packaged food company Apricot Industries
- He transformed the group into a conglomerate with diverse revenue streams and most of his businesses are debt-free
- In 2001, Sanjiv Goenka became the youngest-ever president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
- He serves on the board of reputed educational institutes like Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata
Before you go ...
- Goenka is a foodie and very often he personally chooses the menu at family and professional gatherings
- He has also won many awards in his lifetime including Global Leader for Tomorrow, WEF, Davos in 1993 and the Banga Bibhushan Award by the West Bengal government in 2015
- He is a sports lover and his group entered the sporting arena and acquired a majority stake in the iconic football club Mohun Bagan in 2020. In 2016-17, his franchise Rising Pune Supergiant participated in the Indian Premier League