18-05-2025
Harsh Goenka posts old pic of 3 Indian CEOs in Azerbaijan. Can you name them?
Industrialist Harsh Goenka shared a throwback photograph from a visit to Azerbaijan with fellow CEOs in a now-viral post on Group Chairman Harsh Goenka posted the old photograph from a past trip to Baku, Azerbaijan, featuring three Indian business leaders walking side by the image on X, he referred to the trip as one from 'better times' and invited users to identify the people in the
'In better times, when I visited Baku, Azerbaijan, I took this photo from behind of three CEOs/friends whom I had gone with! How many can you identify?' he a look at the post here:Two individuals in the image were identified almost immediately. The man on the left was recognised as Vikram Mehta, the former CEO of Shell India, who holds degrees from St. Stephen's College and Oxford University. The person in the centre was none other than Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. In the image, Ambani was seen strolling without any visible security, while holding an older model of the identity of the third person remains unknown, with Goenka refusing to reveal it. He confirmed that the man is neither Harsh Mariwala nor Sanjeev Bikhchandani, names many had guessed in the post not just gained traction for the mystery around the unidentified CEOs but also for Goenka's blunt assessment of Baku. In a reply to one of the comments, he described the city as a 'useless place.'His comment comes at a time when Indian travellers are distancing themselves from Azerbaijan following its public support for Pakistan after 'Operation Sindoor'. Turkey too backed Pakistan during the same Reel
