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<div>{{Short description|Indian billionaire businessman}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Aloke Lohia<br />
| image = Aloke Lohia - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012.jpg<br />
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| caption = Lohia in 2012<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|27|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
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| education = [[University of Delhi]]<br />
| occupation = Businessman<br />
| years_active = 1979-<br />
| known_for = Founder and CEO, [[Indorama Ventures]]<br />
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| spouse = Suchitra Lohia<br />
| children = 3<br />
| parents = [[Mohan Lal Lohia]]<br />
| relatives = [[Sri Prakash Lohia]] (brother)<br />
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'''Aloke Lohia''' (born 1958) is an Indian [[billionaire]] businessman, and the founder and CEO of [[Indorama Ventures]].<br />
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==Early & personal life==<br />
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Lohia was educated at [[Delhi University]], where he received a bachelor of commerce degree. Lohia is married to Suchitra Lohia, a director and vice chairman of the Indorama Ventures. They have a daughter and two sons together.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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From 1979 to 1987, Lohia was the finance director of P.T. Indorama Synthetics, Indonesia.<br />
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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]].<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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As of May 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$2.6 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Aloke Lohia |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aloke-lohia/#1ad4d0941807 |website=Forbes |accessdate=3 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
In 2011, Lohia was appointed an honorary investment advisor to the [[Government of Thailand]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}<br />
In 2011–2014, Lohia was included in the Top 40 Power Players by [[Reed Business Information|ICIS]] (Independent Chemical Information Service), the world's largest petrochemical market information provider.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icis.com/resources/news/2011/12/05/9513416/the-icis-top-40-power-players-no-5-40|title=Top 40 Power Players 2011|work=ICIS|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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