Sanjiv Goenka

Sanjiv Goenka (born 29 January 1961) is an Indian billionaire 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 headquartered in Kolkata. He also owns the IPL cricket team Lucknow Super Giants and the ISL football team Mohun Bagan Super Giant. As per the Forbes 2022 report, he is the 83rd richest person in India and overall 1238th in the world. He was also a member of Padma award committee 2023.

Early life
Goenka was born to Sushila Devi Goenka and Rama Prasad Goenka a business man in a Marwari Family and raised in Kolkata.

Education
An alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Goenka received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1981.

Board memberships

 * IIT Kharagpur
 * International Management Institute
 * Firstsource

Controversy
He was embroiled in a controversy in the aftermath of his team Lucknow Super Giants heavy defeat in IPL 2024 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad where he was filmed having an animated conversation with captain KL Rahul following which many fans and commentators raised an objection to his high-handed and aggressive behaviour.