[7] Worked as a managing partner on a salary of 100 rs per month from 1926 to 1936 under partner Raja Mohan Prasad in the partnership firms Murli Prasad mohan Prasad from 1926 to 1931 and then Chunnilal murliprasad from 1931 onwards who were Consignee sales agent (Dubashish agents) for British trading company importing gold, silver and cotton in India.

Simultaneously he took up job as chief salesman of the British trading company from 1931 to 1936 on a salary of Rs.

During the Emergency Period of India, Ramnath Goenka was one of the few businessmen and journalists that opposed Indira Gandhi government.

[1] In 1997 the heirs of Ramnath Goenka made a division of the Indian Express Group into two separated operations.

The northern segment was put under the control of Viveck Goenka, whereas the southern one went to the family branch of Manoj Sonthalia.