Aloke Lohia
Indian billionaire businessman
Aloke Lohia (born 27 November 1958) is an Thai-Indian billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of Indorama Ventures.2
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Born Nov 27, 1958.1
Companies
- Indorama VenturesFounder10
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Delhi3
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, business executive.5
- Date not recordedFounded Indorama Ventures4
From 1979 to 1987, Lohia was the finance director of P.T. Indorama Synthetics, Indonesia.
In 1988, he moved to Thailand, where he founded Indorama Chemicals (now known as Aurus Specialty Company Limited) to turn corncobs into furfural alcohol, supported financially by the German Investment Corporation.
Lohia started Thailand's first wool business under the name Indorama Holdings in 1994 before starting Thailand's first PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) business, Indorama Polymers, in 1995.
In February 2010, Lohia delisted Indorama Polymers and simultaneously listed its parent company Indorama Ventures on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Indorama Ventures' revenue was approximately $7.5 billion at the end of 2014.
As of May 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$2.6 billion.
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Personal life
Lohia was educated at Delhi University, where he received a bachelor of commerce degree.
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- 1WikidataAloke Lohia on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAloke Lohia on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataAloke Lohia: spouse, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataIndorama Ventures, Founder
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