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'''Purnendu Chatterjee''' is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of [[The Chatterjee Group]] (TCG)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031221/asp/calcutta/story_2702822.asp|title=Private pitch for IT space in city|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=2003-12-21|access-date=2010-12-05|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> and also serves as a member of the Governing Board of the [[Indian School of Business]] (ISB) in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isb.edu/KnowISB/ExecutiveBoard.Shtml|title=List of ISB executive directors|publisher=[[Indian School of Business]]|access-date=2010-12-05}}</ref><br />
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==Family and education==<br />
Chatterjee has five siblings: Anjali Mukherjee (sister), Shibani Bhattacharya (sister), Kalyani Banerjee (sister), Subhasendu Chatterjee (brother), and Amalendu Chatterjee (brother).<br />
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He graduated from [[IIT, Kharagpur]] in 1971 later completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering and [[Operations research|Operations Research]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1972 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/dbnl-bla100308.php|title=Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley announce India energy R&D program|publisher=eurekalert.org|date=2008-10-03|access-date=2010-12-05}}</ref><ref name=bw>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1995/b340841.arc.htm|title=Passage To India, Compliments of George (int'l edition)|access-date=2010-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408221117/http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1995/b340841.arc.htm|archive-date=8 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Chatterjee was a [[Research Associate|research associate]] at the [[Stanford Research Institute]] from 1974 to 1976. He joined [[McKinsey & Co.]] in 1976 and by 1984 was promoted to a partner of the company.<ref name=bw/> Chatterjee established The Chatterjee Group (TCG) in 1986, which today has diversified interests which includes investment banking, real estate, petrochemicals and life sciences.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/story/133474/|title=TCG acquires Basell assets for $5.16 bn|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=2005-05-06|access-date=2010-12-05}}</ref> With its headquarters in [[New York City]],<ref name="bombay">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bombaynews.net/story/614515|title=India is the place where the world has to invest: Purnendu Chatterjee|date=2010-03-21|publisher=bombaynews.net|access-date=2010-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004235746/http://www.bombaynews.net/story/614515|archive-date=4 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=bw/> TCG employs over 8000 people worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcgsoftwareinc.com/About%20TCG%20Group.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311073005/http://www.tcgsoftwareinc.com/About%20TCG%20Group.php |archive-date=11 March 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><br />
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==The Chatterjee Group==<br />
The Chatterjee Group is planning investments of 1.28 trillion rupees in two petrochemicals projects in two Indian states: [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/tcg-in-talks-with-global-firms-for-odisha-and-tamil-nadu-mega-projects-120022300284_1.html|title=TCG in talks with global firms for Odisha and Tamil Nadu mega projects|first=Avishek|last=Rakshit|date=December 24, 2019|access-date=February 24, 2020|publisher=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><br />
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