Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2 August 2016 – 1 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Suresh Prabhu |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1950 Adampur, Hisar, Haryana, India |
| Spouse | Sushila Devi |
| Children | Punit Goenka Amit Goenka amogha harsha |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Occupation | Chairman of Essel Group Chairman Emeritus of ZEE |
| Website | www www |
Subhash Chandra Goenka (born 30 November 1950) is an Indian billionaire media baron. He is the Chairman Emeritus of ZEE and Chairman of the Essel Group, an Indian media conglomerate and founded Zee TV in 1992. He was also the chairman of Zee Media but resigned as Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the company on 24 May 2016. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian parliament for the Haryana state in the 2016 Rajya Sabha election, as an independent candidate supported by legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On 31 May 2022, Subhash Chandra filed his nomination from Rajasthan for elections to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP, but he lost the election.