Subhash Chandra Goenka is an Indian media mogul and entrepreneur. He founded Zee TV, one of India’s most famous television networks. Goenka grew up in Adampur, Haryana’s Hisar district. He founded the Zee TV network in 1992 in collaboration with Hong Kong’s Star TV. Across several ethnic languages, the network catered to various aspects of broadcasting. This company was also responsible for the country’s first satellite television service, Dish TV. Goenka moved on to enter politics and ran as an independent candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. As a delegate of the state of Haryana, he was elected to the upper chamber. In 2016, Goenka stepped down as chairman of the media conglomerate, passing the reins to his sons.
He was born into a family of food merchants who instilled in him the values of business from a young age. In 1965, Goenka had to drop out of school to support his family pay off their large debts. He started developing new production concepts while serving as an agent for the Food Corporation of India. In 1980, he formed Essel Packaging after acquiring sufficient funds. The brand was a huge hit, and he also established a theme park in Mumbai called Essel World. Here are some of the famous motivational and inspirational quotes of Subhash Chandra Goenka.
- We believe that when prosperity comes to any country, people want to look and feel better. Hence the demand for aesthetics medicine would increase.
- If you accept failure, then you can improve on it. It’s funny though, because, on the flip side of the coin, I’d say that if you don’t accept failure, there is no failure.
- As for trying to feed off a mouthful of sky, it’s a large mouth, hence there’s nothing to worry. I wish good luck to everyone.
- Digitisation will rather consolidate the broadcasting industry in India because once the cable is digitized, then naturally all the programmers can showcase their programming.
- As a businessman, my dharma is to cater to every taste of my viewer.
- I often say that it’s only people who have their skin in the business who’ll work towards its success.
- I believe confusion is good. Worldwide market leaders gain when there is confusion in the market.
There are reportedly 1.3 billion subscribers in 173 countries watching the network. In 2011, he received the International Emmy Directorate Award. The Global Indian Entertainment Personality of the Year Award was given to Chandra in 2004. He received several honours, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Business Standard’s Businessman of the Year in 1999, Indian News Broadcasting Awards in 2010, and others. At the annual Exchange4media Indian News Broadcasting Awards, Subhash Chandra was named to the ‘Hall of Fame for Continuing Contribution to Industry – Entrepreneur.’ He is now one of the most influential figures in the media world, whose enormous influence has transformed the entertainment industry in the Nation.