Aloke Lohia

Aloke Lohia

Aloke Lohia at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2012
Born 27 November 1958
Kolkata, India
Residence Bangkok, Thailand
Citizenship  India
Education Bachelor of Commerce
Alma mater University of Delhi, 1978
Occupation Entrepreneur
Years active 1979 to date
Organization Indorama Ventures PCL
Known for Founder & Group CEO of Indorama Ventures PCL
Notable work Honorary Investment Advisor to the Government of Thailand in 2011
Home town Kolkata, India
Net worth $1.3 Billion (Forbes April 2015)
Religion Hindu
Spouse(s) Suchitra Lohia
Children Three
Website
www.indoramaventures.com

Aloke Lohia is the Founder and Group CEO of Indorama Ventures PCL.[1] He is the “Chairman of the Sustainability Committee”[2] and a “Member of the Nomination, Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee”[3] of the company. From 1979 to 1987, he was the Finance Director of P.T. Indorama Synthetics, Indonesia, and in 1994 he founded Indorama Ventures in Thailand.

According to Forbes rankings in June 2014, Aloke Lohia has a net worth of $1.2 Billion and is ranked as the 18th richest person in Thailand.[4]

Background

Aloke was educated at Delhi University where he received Bachelor of Commerce degree. He moved to Thailand and has lived in the country for over 20 years, since 1988, during which time he founded Indorama Chemicals (now known as Aurus Specialty Company Limited).[5] This very first business of Aloke was about turning corncobs into furfural alcohol. The investment was supported by the German Investment Corporation or DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft).[6] Aloke started Thailand’s first wool business under the name Indorama Holdings in 1994. Then he started Thailand’s first PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) business, Indorama Polymers, in 1995.[7] In February 2010, Lohia delisted Indorama Polymers and simultaneously listed its parent company Indorama Ventures on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.[8]

Indorama Ventures' revenue was approximately $7.5 billion at the end of 2014.[9]

Personal & family life

Aloke is married to Suchitra Lohia who runs the packaging arm of the company and is a director and Vice Chairman of the company as well as several of its subsidiaries. Suchitra is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate of Delhi University and of the OPM Executive Education Program of Harvard University.[10]

Aloke and Suchitra have three children. Their daughter Aradhana Lohia Sharma graduated magna cum laude in Business Management from Babson College in the United States. Aradhana was married on April 21, 2013 to Kevin Sharma, in Florence, Italy.[11] Their son Yashovardhan Lohia studied Engineering Business Management at the University of Warwick in the U.K. Their youngest son Anuj Lohia is studying Business Management at Babson College.

Recognition

In 2011, Aloke was appointed an Honorary Investment Advisor to the Government of Thailand.[12] In 2011-2014, Aloke Lohia was recognized one of the Top 40 Power Players by ICIS (Independent Chemical Information Service), the world's largest petrochemical market information provider.[13][14][15][16]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Group CEO Corner". IVL. Retrieved August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sustainability Committee". IVL. Retrieved April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nomination, Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee". IVL. Retrieved August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thailand's 50 Richest #18 Aloke Lohia". Forbes. June 2014. Retrieved August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aurus Specialty". Retrieved August 2014.
  6. ↑ "DEG". DEG. Retrieved August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Company Background". IVL. January 2014. Retrieved August 2014.
  8. ↑ "IVL on SET". IVL. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Company Overview". IVL. Retrieved August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors". IVL. Retrieved August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Aradhana Lohia and Kevin Sharma - a Thousand and One Night Wedding in Florence". My Italy and My Wedding. 13 May 2013. Retrieved August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Press Release". IVL. 7 February 2011. Retrieved August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Top 40 Power Players 2011". ICIS. Retrieved August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Top 40 Power Players 2012". ICIS. Retrieved August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Top 40 Power Players 2013". ICIS. Retrieved August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Top 40 Power Players 2014". ICIS. Retrieved April 2015.