R. P. Goenka

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R. P. Goenka
Presidency College, Kolkata (then affiliated to University of Calcutta)
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    • Occupation(s)Industrialist, Founder, Chairman Emeritus RPG Group
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    Rama Prasad Goenka (1 March 1930 – 14 April 2013) was the founder and chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate. Born in 1930, he was the eldest son of Keshav Prasad Goenka and grandson of Sir Badri Prasad Goenka, the first Indian to be appointed Chairman of the Imperial Bank of India (now the State Bank of India). His two younger brothers were Jagdish Prasad and Gouri Prasad. On Keshav Prasad Goenka's death, his businesses were split between the three brothers. Rama Prasad Goenka (better known as RP Goenka), established RPG Enterprises in 1979.[1][2]

    He attended

    Tirupati Temple.[2] Goenka was twice awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan.[4][5]

    Through a series of mergers and acquisitions including the likes of Dunlop India and CESC in 1980, CEAT Tyres in 1982, RPG Life Sciences (then Searle India) and KEC International in 1985, the Gramophone Co. of India (now Saregama) in 1986, Spencers and Harrisons Malayalam in 1988, Bayer India, Firstsource Solutions Limited in 2012 and many more, R. P. Goenka came to be known as the 'takeover king' in his heyday. He was accused of asset-stripping of existing enterprises, especially the Kamani Engineering Corporation, and siphoning off the money into the RPG group, leaving the acquired firms bereft of cash and heavily in debt. [6]

    Goenka died on 14 April 2013 in Kolkata.

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    License Raj" then prevalent in India, and others were marked by the 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: first, none of their major ventures were founded by them, but all were takeovers of existing companies owned by other families or corporations; and second, the resultant diversity and incoherence of these companies.[2]

    References

    1. ^ History Archived 9 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine RPG Group.
    2. ^ a b c "The tycoon who kept faith in Bengal". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
    3. ^ IMI Board of Governors Page Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    4. ^ "Rama Prasad Goenka passes away". Business Line. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
    5. ^ Sanyal, Santanu. "'If I'm not Bengali, who is?'". @businessline. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
    6. ^ Rohini Hensman (2011). "Workers Unions and Global Capitalism Lessons from India". Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 151–152.
    7. ^ "Industrialist RP Goenka passes away". The Hindu. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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