Harsh Vardhan Goenka (born 10 December 1957) is the current chairman of US$3.80 billion worth Indian

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conglomerate. He is the eldest son of

R. P. Goenka 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 ...

and chairman of RPG Group since 1988. He is listed as 77th richest Indian and number 1281 among world billionaire by

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. He graduated in economics from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata and thereafter pursued his MBA from the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He has one younger brother

Sanjiv Goenka Sanjiv Goenka (born 29 January 1961) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of RPSG Group and an early-stage investor. With a US$6 billion asset base and US$4.3 billion revenue, this multinational conglomerate is headquarter ...

with whom he amicably divided the business assets under advice from their father. He has held positions as president of

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and member-executive committee at

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. He is a member of the board of governors of the

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(NITIE), one of the leading technical educational institutes in India. He is also a member of foundation board of International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland, his ''alma mater''. Earlier, at an age of 28, he was specially appointed member of Estimates Committee for 1985–86 set up by Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Central Board Excise And Customs. In 2018, when Israeli Prime Minister

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visited Mumbai, he was one of the 10 corporate leaders of India who held power break-fast meet with him on bi-lateral trade with India in various sectors of industry.

Controversy

He has been criticized for the regressive jokes he posted on Twitter that invited widespread outrage from feminists.

References

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