Sunil Kanti Roy

Sunil Kanti Roy
Born (1944-01-01) 1 January 1944
West Bengal, India
Other names S. K. Roy
Occupation Entrepreneur
Business person
Known for Peerless Group
Parent(s) Radhashyam Roy
Awards Padma Shri

Sunil Kanti Roy, better known as S. K. Roy, is an Indian entrepreneur, business person and the managing director of Peerless Group, a Kolkata-based conglomerate, which has interests in finance, healthcare, insurance, automobiles and securities.[1] An alumnus of the City College, Kolkata,[2] he took over the responsibilities from his elder brother, B. K. Roy, after his death, as the managing director of the Group in 1985.[3] He is one among the High-net-worth individuals from West Bengal.[4]

Born on 8 January 1944 to Radhashyam Roy, the founder of the residuary non-banking company (RNBC), Peerless Group,[5] Roy serves as the Managing Director of The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company and chairs the Peerless Developers Limited, Peerless Hotels Limited, Kaizen Hotels and Resorts Limited.[6] He also sits on the board of directors of Peerless Hospitex Hospital and Research Centre Limited, Bengal Peerless Housing Development Limited, Peerless Securities Limited and Peerless Financial Services Limited and has served a member of the director board of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. He is an incumbent member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) as well as the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) at their executive committees.[6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to society.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "The New Face of Peerless". Times of India. 13 February 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Tamal Bandyopadhyay (2014). Sahara: The Untold Story. Jaico Publishing House. p. 412. ISBN 9788184955460.
  3. ↑ "All for a cause". The Telegraph. 18 February 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The super rich, the Bong and the beautiful". Economic Times. 13 February 2004. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Peerless reinvents itself again: to float asset management unit". Live Mint. 7 June 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Executive Profile". Bloomberg. 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.


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