Rajesh Goenka Kolkata, Axiom Estates
Rajesh Goenka is a London based entrepreneur and businessman, and is well known
in the UK, Indian and International business circles.
A chemical engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1980),
he started his career in a family industrial venture in Saudi Arabia in 1981. In the early 90s
he ventured out and set
up a business in the CIS (Russia, Ukraine
and Kazakhstan) in the area of turnkey project supply and execution in the packaging and processing industry.
This venture went on to become a leader in its business segment having handled a large
number of contracts in different parts of CIS. Rajesh made a successful exit from this venture
in 2003 by selling it at a profitable valuation.
In 2001, Rajesh also set up a steel handling and distribution network headquartered in Dubai
for the
Middle East and CIS markets.
This was a successful venture and the distribution network was bought out by Principal in
2006 when
the company decided to pursue the
policy of owning all their distribution networks giving Rajesh a profitable exit.
Rajesh forayed
into Indian Real Estate development in
2006 and set up Urban Infra Nirmaan (UIN).
UIN invested in Palolem Hills project in 2009‐10 and bought out Eclectic, the land holding
SPV from the
previous owners. Apart from Palolem Hills
at Goa, UIN also undertook a major project ‐ Mayavan, a
140 acre residential resort in Vrindavan
near Delhi. As this became a larger project
progressively, UIN brought in other
partners namely Infinity Group, Poddar Heritage and the recently inducted Zuari Group, all of are well known, highly respected and
trusted Groups.
The other
project conceived and implemented by UIN
is Zuari Garden City, a 75 acre
integrated township in Mysore. This project is well progressed with first phase comprising
250 villas
sold and to be delivered by December
2013. UIN is the Development Manager for the project.
Besides India, Rajesh is
active internationally, and in the UK, in technology sector, including platofrm
and app development, digital marketing and a range of related areas.
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