Amit Goenka is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the Chief Executive of the International Broadcast Business of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and head of Z5 Global.[2]
Amit Goenka | |
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| Born | India |
| Education | Master of Business Administration |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman and entrepreneur |
| Organization | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
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Biography
editGoenka was born to Indian media Baron Subhash Chandra. Goenka finished his MBA studies in the year 2000. Goenka went up to several investors to find investment for his technology related projects. His first venture in technology was Cyquator Technologies Ltd - a company which specialised at the web hosting and e-solutions, He later gained work experiences at Playwin (an online lottery firm) and Zee Learn (an education based project).[3]
In 2014 after the succession of the Zee Corporate Business he became the head of Zee Entertainment's International Broadcast Business and the Essel Group's Infrastructure Head. He subsequently led the group into Power, Water and Gas distribution business under the label of "Essel Utilities".[4][5]
Awards
editIn April 2016, he and his brother Punit Goenka became the first Indians to receive the award "Médailles d’Honneur" at Cannes, France.[6]
References
edit- ^ "What is Subhash Chandra's Rs 22,535-cr Essel group up to?".
- ^ Laghate, Gaurav. "Zee to go OTT-only in Europe, Australia; plans to pull plug on linear service". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Amit Goenka - the Man to Watch- Business News". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "What next at Zee after Subhash Chandra divides his empire between his sons?". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Esselgroup - Amit Goenka". www.esselgroup.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Amit Goenka become the first Indians to receive medailles d'honneur". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.