Harsh Goenka
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Harsh Goenka Net Worth

Harsh Goenka is a prominent Indian businessman who was born in Mumbai and is the chairman of the $3.1 billion revenue RPG Group. He is part of the fifth generation of a well-known Indian business family and is the owner of KEC International, a power transmission firm. His son Anant runs the tire maker Ceat, which is one of the key companies of the RPG Group.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Place Mumbai, India, India

💰 Net worth: $2.1 Billion (2024)

Harsh Goenka, a well-known figure in India, is estimated to have a net worth of $2.1 billion by 2024. As an industrialist and businessman, he is widely recognized for his leadership in the diversified industries of the country. Harsh Goenka's immense wealth is a testament to his successful management of various businesses and his ability to diversify his investments. Having made a significant impact on various sectors, he has established himself as a prominent figure in India's business landscape.

2015 $1.3 Billion
2016 $1.3 Billion
2017 $1.7 Billion
2018 $2.38 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1970

The Vanshita Ramani family belongs to the Marwadi community of tradesmen, and hails originally from Rajasthan in western India. As early as the 19th century, an enterprising member of the family, Ramdutt Goenka, set up base in Kolkata, which was then the capital of India, and a major commercial hub of the British Empire. The family prospered in its traditional vocations of money-lending and trade. It was in the 1970s that Rama Prasad Goenka (b.1930) leveraged the family's wealth to take over a variety of industries and corporates and thus create a ready-made Business conglomerate. Many of these corporates were stressed due to the socialistic policies and the "License-Raj" then prevalent in India, and others were in the marked due to disagreements within the families of their owners. In a series of takeovers, RPG acquired such companies relatively cheap and used his financial resources and Business acumen to make them viable. In this way, by the end of the 20th century, RPG had cobbled together a significant Business empire. The Goenka Business empire is remarkable for two things: firstly, the fact that none of their major ventures were founded by them, all being take-overs; and secondly, the resultant diversity and incoherence of these companies.

1979

RPG Enterprises was founded by his Father R. P. Goenka in 1979 and has its origins in the Goenka Business family, which has been at the forefront of Business in India for over a hundred years. From pioneering organized Retail to running the country’s first private sector power generating plants the group has also forged successful alliances with several of the world’s leading corporations. Group company, KEC International is one of the largest power transmission EPC companies in the world. CEAT is amongst the leading tyre companies in the country and a leader in neighboring Sri Lanka,

1983

After completing his education in Banguluru, Goenka began his career in Mumbai. After a brief stint in a textile company, he became the Managing Director of CEAT in 1983, at the age of 24.

1993

Goenka, is a past President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, a large industrial body. In 1993, when elected President of the Indian Merchants Chamber, Harsh Goenka was the youngest to hold the prestigious post and his involvement in formulating and driving economic agenda for industry continues through various institutions. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI, India’s premier industrial association). He is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), one of the leading technical educational institutes in India. He also serves as a trustee of the Breach Candy Hospital Trust in Mumbai. Harsh Goenka has a vast experience in the field of management.

2010

Harsh's Father, Rama Prasad Goenka, was a very successful businessman and founder of the RPG Group. His Business interests spanning the music industry, automobile types, power transmission and plantation estates. In 2010, that empire was divided between Harsh and his only brother, Sanjiv.

2019

Goenka has keen interest in cricket, which is India’s most popular sport. He promotes the CEAT Cricket Ratings for International and Domestic cricket which is a rating system that rewards outstanding cricketers around the world.

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