Dipali Goenka

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Dipali Goenka
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Dipali Goenka in 2017
Born (1969-10-13) October 13, 1969 (age 55) [1]
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Harvard University
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleCEO & MD, Welspun Living [2]
SpouseBalkrishan Goenka [3]
Children2 [4] [5]

Dipali Goenka (born 1969) is an Indian businesswoman, and the CEO and MD of Welspun Living, a textile company in Mumbai. [6] [7]

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

Early life and education

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

Career

In 2002, Goenka joined her husband's textile business, where she headed the design studio. Welspun was initially a textile exporter. Under her leadership, the company expanded into the domestic retail market with the brand Spaces. [16] [17] In 2004, she set up a textile manufacturing facility in Gujarat. [18]

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

She has participated in international forums, including the Harvard India Conference in 2018 and the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2024, where she was a panelist at a session titled Investing in Parity - The Double X Factor. She is a brand ambassador for WEConnect International, [9] chaired the ASSOCHAM Women's Council, [24] and is a board member of the consumption platform at the 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 her tenure at Welspun India, the company faced a major setback when the US retail corporation Target terminated all its contracts with Welspun due to a dispute over cotton supply. [27] Target alleged that the bedsheets supplied by the company were falsely labeled as Egyptian cotton and that another type of non-Egyptian cotton was substituted during production between August 2014 and July 2016 without Target's knowledge. [28] Subsequently, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond also ceased their partnerships with Welspun. This led to a 54% decline in Welspun India's market capitalization between August 19, 2016, and August 30, 2016. [29]

Recognition

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