B K Goenka


B K Goenka is an entrepreneur based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is the chairman of Mumbai-based Welspun Group. He is the Co-promoter and largest shareholder in companies like Welspun India Ltd, which is one of the largest home textiles producer in the world and Welspun Corp Ltd, which is world's second largest manufacturer of large diameter pipes.
B K Goenka has also served as President of ASSOCHAM.

Early life

B. K. Goenka was born to Gayatri Devi Goenka and Gopiram Goenka in Hissar, Haryana. The middle of three children, he spent his early years in Delhi before moving to Mumbai in the early 1980s. He set up Welspun along with his cousin, Rajesh R. Mandawewala, who is now the managing director of the Welspun Group.