Rama Prasad Goenka

The late Rama Prasad Goenka, founder of the RPG Group, with (clockwise from top left) Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, Chandra Shekhar and VP Singh. Goenka came to be known as a ‘takeover specialist’ in the 1980s when he began to expand his group to eventually create a diversified conglomerate with interests in sectors ranging from tyres, carbon black and pharmaceuticals to infotech, power generation and music

The late Rama Prasad Goenka, founder of the RPG Group, with (clockwise from top left) Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, Chandra Shekhar and VP Singh. Goenka came to be known as a ‘takeover specialist’ in the 1980s when he began to expand his group to eventually create a diversified conglomerate with interests in sectors ranging from tyres, carbon black and pharmaceuticals to infotech, power generation and music

RP Goenka