B K Goenka
B K Goenka (born 15 August 1966) is an entrepreneur based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mumbai-based Welspun Group. He owns 42 per cent of the company’s total equity. He owns some of India's and world's largest companies like Welspun India Ltd which is Asia's largest and the second largest terry towel producers in the world and the world's second-largest manufacturer of large-diameter pipes through its subsidiary Welspun Corp Ltd.
Early life
B. K. Goenka (known more as BK or BKG) was born to Gayatri Devi Goenka and Gopiram Goenka in Churu, Rajasthan. He belongs to Marwari family that was into the export of food grains in Rajasthan. The middle amongst three siblings, he spent his early years in Delhi before shifting to Mumbai in the early 1980s. He set up Welspun along with his cousin Mr. Rajesh R. Mandawewala who is now the Joint Managing Director of the Welspun Group.
External links
- Welspun Corp bags Rs 700 cr orders
- BRIEF BIOGRAPHY : Goenka, Balkrishan : www.reuters.com/finance
- WELSPUNIND Directors Report | Welspun India Ltd Directors Report
- Welspun-Gujarat To Prepay IFCI Loan
- Upgrading Supply Chain Management At Welspun