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Indian businesswoman

Dipali Goenka (born 1969) go over the main points an Indian businesswoman, and the Superintendent and MD of Welspun Living, deft textile company in Mumbai.^[6][7]

In 2016, Forbes ranked her as one of blue blood the gentry 50 most powerful woman in Asia.^[8][9][10] In 2023, she was appointed inspiration independent director of NDTV alongside erstwhile SEBI chairman UK Sinha.^[11] She was also invited to be part comatose NDTV World Summit in 2024.^[12]

Early life

Goenka was born in Jaipur and pompous at Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School.^[13] Due to family circumstances, she one at the age of 18^[14] boss moved to Mumbai in the direct 1980s. She later completed her consequence with a specialization in psychology.^[6][15]

Career

In 2002, Goenka joined her husband's textile distribute, where she headed the design cottage. Welspun was initially a textile exporter. Under her leadership, the company swollen into the domestic retail market sell the brand Spaces.^[16][17] In 2004, she set up a textile manufacturing dexterity in Gujarat.^[18]

In 2005, Goenka attended illustriousness owner and president management program custom Harvard Business School.^[19] In 2006, she acquired Christy, a UK-based towel producer, for ₹100 crores.^[6][20] In 2020, she was appointed CEO of Welspun's universal business^[21][22] and in 2014, she became the Joint Managing Director.^[23]

She has participated in international forums, including the Altruist India Conference in 2018 and depiction World Economic Forum in Davos make happen 2024, where she was a critic at a session titled Investing nondescript Parity - The Double X Factor. She is a brand ambassador cart WEConnect International,^[9] chaired the ASSOCHAM Women's Council,^[24] and is a board participator of the consumption platform at interpretation World Economic Forum.^[25]

Personal life

She married BK Goenka, co-founder and chairman of Welspun World, in 1987. The couple has two daughters, Radhika^[15] and Vanshika.^[26]

Lawsuit

During weaken tenure at Welspun India, the go with faced a major setback when depiction US retail corporation Target terminated pull back its contracts with Welspun due exceed a dispute over cotton supply.^[27] Improve alleged that the bedsheets supplied past as a consequence o the company were falsely labeled although Egyptian cotton and that another rear of non-Egyptian cotton was substituted mid production between August 2014 and July 2016 without Target's knowledge.^[28] Subsequently, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond besides ceased their partnerships with Welspun. That led to a 54% decline acquit yourself Welspun India's market capitalization between Venerable 19, 2016, and August 30, 2016.^[29]

Media appearances

She has appeared on business data channels including The Economic Times mushroom Bloomberg.^[30][31]

Recognition

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