Essel Group

Essel Group
Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded 1926 (1926)
Founder Jagannath Goenka
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Subhash Chandra (Chairman)
Products Media, entertainment, packaging, infrastructure, education, precious metals and technology
Revenue US$2.4 billion (2017)[1]
Number of employees
 10,000 (2011)
Website www.esselgroup.com

Essel Group is an Indian conglomerate company presently headed by Dr. Subhash Chandra,[2] based in Mumbai, Maharashtra,[3] and established in 1926.

Business divisions

The companies under the group are:[4]

News

Media

Technology

[5][6]

Entertainment

  • E-City Ventures
  • Pan India Network Limited – The online gaming company Playwin is a part of this group.
  • Mumbai FC

Packaging

Infrastructure

  • Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL) – This group has started the amusement parks Essel World and Water Kingdom.
  • Suncity Projects

Precious metal

  • Shirpur Gold Refinery Limited (SGRL) – precious metal (gold and silver) refinery, fabrication of gold bars, coins and jewellery

Education

  • Himgiri Zee University (HZU), Dehradun
  • Zee Learn Limited – A number of educational projects have been launched by this group. They include:
    • KIDZEE & Mount Litera World preschools
    • Mount Litera Zee & Mount Litera World Schools
    • Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA)
    • Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA)[9][10]
    • ZeeQ[11]
  • HZU[12]
  • DigiNext Education Pvt Ltd (Vigyaa)

Charity

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://zeelearn.com/about-essel-group/
  2. ↑ "Subhash Chandra buys stake in UNI". dnaindia.com. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Essel Group". Essel Group. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Subhash Chandra on Zee, DNA & Essel". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Essel Group". Essel Group. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Essel Group suspends satellite platform for cable". Financialexpress.com. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  7. ↑ Hermann Simon mentioned this company in his correspondent book as an example of a "Hidden Champion". (Simon, Hermann: Hidden Champions of the 21st Century : Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders. London: Springer, 2009. ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.)
  8. ↑ ": : : About Essel Group : : :". Ecityfilms.com. 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  9. ↑ Zee Institute of Creative Art
  10. ↑ "Essel Group bets big on education". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  11. ↑ ZeeQ
  12. ↑ http://www.himgirizeeuniversity.edu.in
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