Virat Kohli partners with billionaire Sanjiv Goenka owner of Rs 7,090 crore IPL team
Virat Kohli partners with billionaire Sanjiv Goenka owner of Rs 7,090 crore IPL team
Not many may be versed that the RCB star player Virat Kohli has invested in multiple businesses.
Besides being one of the most accomplished cricketers in India, Kohli is also a shrewd businessman. His business ventures are spread across the country and is also the Chairperson of the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, one of the leading businesses in India.
Noyably, since 2017, Virat Kohli and billionaire Sanjiv Goenka have been partnering on several business ventures since 2017 when the Virat Kohli Foundation and RP Sanjiv Goenka group paired up for the Indian Sports Honours Awards. The twosome also held a celebrity golf tournament in 2017.
Apart this, Virat Kohli was also the brand ambassador of Too Yumm, the popular snacking brand headed by Sanjiv Goenka’s RP SG Group, having an asset base of nearly
Rs 50,000 crore and steady revenue of Rs 35,451 crore.
Whereas Sanjiv Goenka is the business partner of Virat Kohli, nevertheless, he himself runs a multi-billion dollar company called the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group,spread across several industries such as power, energy, FMCG, media and entertainment, and education.
As of 2023, the revenue of the RPSG Group stands at over USD 4.3 billion, which translates to over Rs 35,451 crore. Sanjiv Goenka’s individual net worth stands at over USD 2.2 billion, which comes out to Rs 17,300 crore, according to Forbes.
Over and above, Sanjiv Goenka is the owner of Virat Kohli’s rival IPL team Lucknow Super Giants. The RPSG Group bought out the LSG in a bid of Rs 7090 crore, making it one of the most valued IPL teams out of all the franchises, according to Zee Business.
As owner of LSG, Sanjiv Goenka’s net worth is Rs 16,500 crore.
News input KV Raman
