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{{Short description|Indian billionaire businessman}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aloke Lohia
| image = Aloke Lohia - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lohia in 2012
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = [[University of Delhi]]
| occupation = Businessman
| years_active = 1979-
| known_for = Founder and CEO, [[Indorama Ventures]]
| title =
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| boards =
| spouse = Suchitra Lohia
| children = 3
| parents = [[Mohan Lal Lohia]]
| relatives = [[Sri Prakash Lohia]] (brother)
| website =
}}

'''Aloke Lohia''' (born 1958) is an Indian [[billionaire]] businessman, and the founder and CEO of [[Indorama Ventures]].

==Early & personal life==

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.

==Career==

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.<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>

==Recognition==
In 2011, Lohia was appointed an honorary investment advisor to the [[Government of Thailand]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}
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>

==References==
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