Sunil Kanti Roy
{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur (1944–2022)}}
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| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
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| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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| occupation = Entrepreneur
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| awards = Padma Shri
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Sunil Kanti Roy (8 January 1944 – 8 May 2022), better known as S. K. Roy, was 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.{{cite web | url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETKM/2014/02/13&PageLabel=21&EntityId=Ar02100&ViewMode=HTML | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132944/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETKM/2014/02/13&PageLabel=21&EntityId=Ar02100&ViewMode=HTML | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | title=The New Face of Peerless | newspaper=Times of India | date=13 February 2012 | access-date=29 February 2016}} An alumnus of the City College, Kolkata,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf27AwAAQBAJ&q=Sunil+Kanti+Roy&pg=PT41 | title=Sahara: The Untold Story | publisher=Jaico Publishing House | author=Tamal Bandyopadhyay | year=2014 | pages=412 | isbn=9788184955460}} he took over the responsibilities from his elder brother, B. K. Roy, after his death, as the managing director of the Group in 1985.{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090218/jsp/entertainment/story_10549963.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404011216/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090218/jsp/entertainment/story_10549963.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 April 2012 | title=All for a cause | publisher=The Telegraph | date=18 February 2009 | access-date=1 March 2016}} He is one among the high-net-worth individuals from West Bengal.{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-02-13/news/27369500_1_bengalis-amar-gopal-bose-wealth | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403043932/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-02-13/news/27369500_1_bengalis-amar-gopal-bose-wealth | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 April 2012 | title=The super rich, the Bong and the beautiful | publisher=Economic Times | date=13 February 2004 | access-date=1 March 2016}}
Biography
Born on 8 January 1944 in Calcutta to Radhashyam Roy, the founder of the residuary non-banking company (RNBC), Peerless Group,{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/4fFdlokgh9S26hqG6x1z2K/Peerless-reinvents-itself-again-to-float-asset-management-u.html | title=Peerless reinvents itself again: to float asset management unit | publisher=Live Mint | date=7 June 2009 | access-date=1 March 2016}} Roy served as the Managing Director of The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company and chaired the Peerless Developers Limited, Peerless Hotels Limited, Kaizen Hotels and Resorts Limited.{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=28831095&privcapId=22728153 | title=Executive Profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2016 | access-date=1 March 2016}} He also sat 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 as a member of the director board of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. He was 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. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to society.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}
Roy died in Kolkata on 8 May 2022, at the age of 78.{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/business/peerless-group-managing-director-sunil-kanti-roy-dies-at-78-393300|title=Peerless Group managing director Sunil Kanti Roy dies at 78|work=The Tribune|date=9 May 2022|access-date=9 May 2022}}
See also
References
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Category:Indian chief executives