Harsh Goenka: Wiki, Bio, Age, Business, Net Worth, Education, Wife

Harsh Goenka: Wiki, Bio, Age, Twitter, Education, Business, Wife, Children, House, Net Worth, House: Harsh Vardhan Goenka is from Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Mr. Goenka was born on 10th of December, 1957. He has went for his education to the University of Calcutta International Institute for Management Development. And currently working as Chairman of RPG Group conglomerate. This company’s yearly turn over as per reports estimated $ 3.80 billion. Harsh Goenka is the eldest son of R. P. Goenka and chairman of RPG Group since 1988. As per reports he is listed as the 77th richest Indian and among world billionaires by Forbes his ranked at 1281.

Harsh Goenka

He completed his graduation in economics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and then continued his MBA from the International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland. Harsh Goenka has a sibling named Sanjiv Goenka with whom he has divided his business assets as per his father’s advice.
He is appointed as president of Indian Merchants’ Chamber and also a member-executive committee at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry. Harsh Goenka is also a member of the board of governors of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering ( NITIE) which is one of the best and top ranked technical educational institutes of India. In his college International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland he is a member of foundation board.

Harsh Goenka Business

At the early age of 28 years he was importantly appointed as member of Estimates Committee for 1985-86 which is set up by Government of India, Central Board Excise And Custom, Ministry of Finance. In 2018, he was one of the top corporate leader of India who had a power break fast meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu when visited to Mumbai. Their they meet to discuss on bi-lateral trade with India in various sectors of Industry. Being a 61 years old chairman of RPG Enterprises he smiles softly while recalling his early days, a jovial personality who is always on a praising point because of his choice of jokes that he keep sharing on Twitter. It shows a well responsible person with a very happy and encouraging mood and loves his work. When he won an award after returning from there he cracked jokes on juries present over there.

Harsh Goenka is very acceptable with the fact that every day is not a winning day and take things lightly. The RPG group includes more than 15 companies with sectors like information technology, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals, energy and agriculture and many more.

Goenka Family and Routine

Harsh Goenka’s family use to routinely play and hosts to famous musicians, cricketers. He is a big foodie, also interested in sports, art and many more. All these interests of him sometimes overshadow his image of a business head.

Having an MBA degree from the International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Switzerland was an experience he shares a lot about. After returning to home from Switzerland he put his effort on traditional business and found that in his country system and processes are poor I comparison to outer world. He developed some sense and ideas to make things smooth and better processing and he called it ‘baniya buddhi’ in fun. He confidently shared his experience during the initial days when he entred into business.

Harsh Goenka

Once he expressed in an interview that after returning from Switzerland having an MBA degree he felt like he knows many things, but then when he worked with so many senior members who were almost double of his age he realised that he knows nothing in comparison to them. With a spark of constantly learning spirit he worked harder and then made his way to success. While sharing all these experience that sparkling eyes shows the kind of interest he holds for his business.

Interests of Harsh Goenka

Even now, Goenka interestingly read newspapers and magazines and never miss opportunities to attend any educational workshops and lectures regarding his business. This shows his learning desire and adaptive nature. A man with full of curiosity to learn as much as he can throughout.
Not just in case of business but while choosing food for himself he try to opt healthy options over junk. He consider himself as more analytical business man than his father as he consider his father as he is more like one who follow his intuition.

Harsh Goenka

Harsh Goenka’s father R. P. Goenka take his retirement when Harsh was of 34 years old only, at that time his father had divided his business assets between both Goenka brothers. It was difficult to accept this decision of his father by Harsh as his connection with his younger brother was good and he had worked hard with sanjiv (Harsh’s younger brother) and invested so much time and emotions together.

Harsh Goenka on Bhagavad Gita

While sharing about his believe in God and all in an interview of him, Goenka once shared that during 2000s when his company was not doing that great three of his good companies KEC, CEAT and CESC were running behind and not up to the mark in financial terms. That time he usually feeling low and nothing was working on his favour, he found refuge in the Bhagavad Gita. He is not a kind of person who believe too much on things like supreme power and the almighty. According to him everyone should be taught only one religion and through which people will get to know about how to live life, more about the factual things that exists in this world that people are facing in everyday basis.

Favourites of Goenka

Harsh Goenka’s favourite painting is An Akbar Padamsee “metascape” which is present at his own residence. Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo are two art pieces that he aspire to have. He mentioned in an interview by a famous website that his favourite restaurant is Izumi in Bandra, Mumbai.

Recent Post of Harsh Goenka

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnNOe-lLdeX/?hl=en

 

Harsh Goenka have 12.3k followers on instagram where he recently posted a picture and captioned it with “The pleasure of snow……”

All Information about Harsh Goenka regarding his real name, nick name, gender, education, birth place, nationality, date of birth, eye colour, hair colour, height, weight, occupation, hometown, school, higher education.

Information Table Harsh Goenka

Real Name Harsh Vardhan Goenka
Nickname Harsh
Gender Male
Profession Business Person
Height (approx.) NA
Weight (approx.) NA
Figure Measurements (approx.) NA
Eye Color NA
Hair Color NA
Date of Birth 10th December, 1957
Age (as in 2022) 65
Birth Place Calcutta
Zodiac sign/Sun sign NA
Nationality Indian
Hometown Kolkata
School NA
Higher Education MBA from International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Switzerland

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Lesser Known Facts about Harsh Goenka

  • Harsh Goenka remains very active on twitter.
  • He is a very jovial personality which reflect through interviews and tweets of him.
  • His wife’s name is Mala Goenka.
  • He is attached to his younger brother Sanjiv Goenka.
  • He consider himself as an analytical business person.

FAQ’s

1) What is Harsh Goenka”s wife”s name?

Mala Goenka

2) Harsh Goenka’s rank as India’s richest person?

77th rank

3) Harsh Goenka’s father’s name?

R. P. Goenka

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