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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Balkrishan Gopiram Goenka
| image = BKG 4.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|08|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hisar, India|Hissar]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| ethnicity =
| nationality = Indian
| children = 2
| spouse = Dipali Goenka
| occupation = [[Chairman]], [[Welspun Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/printer/news/64439/ |title=Welspun: Spinning A New Web |publisher=Financial Express |date=16 November 2002 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref>
| alma_mater =
| website = [http://www.welspun.com Official Website]
}}

'''Balkrishan Gopiram Goenka''' (born 15 August 1966) is an entrepreneur based in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India. He is the [[chairman]] of Mumbai-based {{INRConvert|153|b}} [[Welspun Group]].<ref name="financialexpress1">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/i-wanted-to-do-something-different/368460/0 |title='I wanted to do something different' |publisher=Financialexpress.com |date=2 October 2008 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref> He is the Co-promoter and largest shareholder in {{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} companies like [[Welspun India Ltd]], which is one of the largest [[home]] [[textiles]] producer in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.welspuntowels.com/content.asp?Submenu=Y&MenuID=1&SubmenuID=1 |title=:: Welspun :: |publisher=Welspuntowels.com |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref> and [[Welspun Corp Ltd]], which is world's second largest manufacturer of large diameter pipes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.in.com/article/boardroom/welspuns-pipe-dreams-and-steel-will/19042/0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025220/http://business.in.com/article/boardroom/welspuns-pipe-dreams-and-steel-will/19042/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2011 |title=Forbes India – Welspun's Pipe Dreams and Steel Will |publisher=Business.in.com |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/bt/story/2332/1/on-the-wings-of-steel.html |title=On the wings of steel : Features : Business Today |publisher=Businesstoday.intoday.in |date=9 June 2008 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref>

B K Goenka has also served as President of [[ASSOCHAM]].

==Early life==
B. K. Goenka (known more as BK or BKG) was born to Gayatri Devi Goenka and Gopiram Goenka in [[Hisar (city)|Hissar]], [[Haryana]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Momaya |first1=Chhaya |title=If you are satisfied you cannot grow, writes Chhaya Momaya |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-if-you-are-satisfied-you-cannot-grow-writes-chhaya-momaya-2043427 |accessdate=14 November 2016 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=13 December 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20161114162533/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-if-you-are-satisfied-you-cannot-grow-writes-chhaya-momaya-2043427 |archivedate=14 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=BK Goenka |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/how-bk-goenka-spun-his-success-story_364063.html |title=How BK Goenka spun his success story — CNBC-TV18 |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-147768456.html |title=Welspun acquires Christy of UK for Rs 132 cr. – PTI — The Press Trust of India Ltd. | HighBeam Research — FREE trial |publisher=Highbeam.com |date=3 July 2006 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== See also ==

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/paper-/-wood-/-glass/-plastic/-marbles/welspun-corp-bags-rs-700-cr-orders/articleshow/6479299.cms Welspun Corp bags Rs 700 cr orders]
*[https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=WGSR.BO&officerId=729826 BRIEF BIOGRAPHY : Goenka, Balkrishan : www.reuters.com/finance]
*[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/directorsreport.cms?companyid=12096&year=2009&prtpage=1 WELSPUNIND Directors Report | Welspun India Ltd Directors Report]
*[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/welspungujarat-to-prepay-ifci-loan/85695/0 Welspun-Gujarat To Prepay IFCI Loan]
*[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/upgrading-supply-chain-management-at-welspun/48879/0 Upgrading Supply Chain Management At Welspun]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Indian businesspeople in textiles]]

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