Sanjiv Goenka On Billionaires, The Next Big Opportunities & Building Wealth | FO553 Raj Shamani
Get your hand-picked playbook here: https://www.figuringout.co/pdf/fo-553Dr Sanjiv Goenka, Cast & Director of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, on building a conglomerate from businesses everyone else abandoned.
He explains:
◼ How he turned Kolkata's broken, debt-ridden power business into a turnaround story his own father called a stupid decision
◼ How billionaires spot business opportunities before everyone else sees them
◼ Why he believes the burn-money-to-grow unicorn culture is a fundamentally flawed way to build lasting companies
◼ What happened when his regulator and his competitor were the exact same person during a five-year legal war
◼ How to grow a family business from 4000 crore to 1 lakh crore in one generation
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:56 - How Billionaires Spot Opportunities Before Everyone Else
04:51 - Top 3 Future Business Opportunities: Renewable Energy, Batteries and Data Centers
09:53 - Why He Is Skeptical of the Burn Money to Grow Startup Culture
12:07 - The Ayurveda Pharma Opportunity Nobody Is Tapping Into
14:48 - How He Turned Around Kolkata's Broken Power Business
24:14 - How He Rebuilt Trust in Kolkata's Power System
31:35 - How Does Electricity Reach Your Home?
35:21 - Why Overconsumption, Not Weather, Causes Power Cuts
41:40 - How His Father Acquired Saregama: The Untold Story
46:49 - How Does the Music Business Make Money?
50:23 - Why Star Cast and Directors Matter in Films
53:59 - Why Old Bollywood Songs Are Generating More Revenue Now
56:47 - How Carvaan Was Designed and Its Viral Ad Campaign
1:03:09 - Why Saregama Chose Sanjay Leela Bhansali Over Karan Johar
1:06:40 - The Future of Regional Music: Punjabi, Telugu and Hindi Going Global
1:10:29 - Investment Philosophy: What He Looks for Before Acquiring a Company
1:15:21 - The Long Painful Bet on Building an FMCG Business
1:19:02 - His Biggest Business Mistake: The Aquapharm Acquisition
1:20:42 - The 5-Year Legal War With a Hostile State Power Minister
1:25:08 - Can Money and Power Influence Politicians in India?
1:28:02 - The Secret to a 220-Year, Seven-Generation Family Business
1:31:47 - The School, Hospital and Mall Built for Kolkata
1:34:43 - Why Did Kolkata Fall Behind and Why Is It Changing Now?
1:36:22 - Growing the Business From 4000 Crore to 1 Lakh Crore
1:37:57 - Raised Rich but Never Spoiled
1:47:08 - Parenting the Next Generation in an Age of Privilege
1:48:49 - His Belief in Faith, Destiny and Past-Life Regression
1:53:09 - His Mother's Final Days: The Hardest Moment of His Life
1:54:04 - Dealing With Betrayal, Trolling and Hate From Loved Ones
2:02:34 - The Personal Cost of Being a Billionaire Chairman
2:07:02 - The Biggest Misunderstanding About Him
2:07:50 - BTS
2:08:37 - Outro
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