Zeel Company Profile

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Company Name	Zeel
Website	www.esselgroup.com
Snippet	Essel Group (alternatively referred to as the Zee Group[1]) is an Indian conglomerate holding company and corporate promoter headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[2] The company has had business interests in mass media, broadcasting infrastructure and packaging. It operates the subsidiaries of Zee Media Corporation, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Dish TV and Siti Networks.[3][4] The group has been reported to be encumbered with severe debt; a Businessworld article described the company as debt-ridden.[5] As a result, it has conducted several assets sale including the sale of Essel Propack and stake sales of Zee Entertainment Enterprises.[5][6] Founded in 1926 as the Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad by Jagannath Goenka, the company was expanded and converted into the Essel Group of Industries by the his grandson, Subhash Chandra.[7] Chandra is part of the Goenka (Goel) family which owns and operates the group, he is also the chairman of the company and a Bharatiya Janata Party backed member of the Rajya Sabha.[8]
Type	Private
Founded	1926
Founder	Jagannath Goenka
Website	www.esselgroup.com
Industry	Conglomerate
Key people	Subhash Chandra (Chairman)
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Number of employees	10,000 (2011)

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