'I would have been a professor at Wharton’: Piyush Goyal opens up on early business setback - India News
Published on: June 7, 2026, 10:14 p.m. | Source: The Financial Express
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, speaking at the Financial Express Best Banks Awards 2026, revealed that a labour dispute and near-bankruptcy at a micro unit he started forced him to abandon a planned PhD at Wharton — and pushed him toward investment banking and eventually public life.
