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{{Infobox person
| name = Raj Gupta
| image = Rajiv L. Gupta PET 2011 03 27 DSC 0058.JPG
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|23}}
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Cornell University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[Drexel University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| occupation = Chairman, [[Aptiv]]
| known_for = Former chairman, CEO, and president of [[Rohm and Haas]]
}}
'''Rajiv L. Gupta''' (born December 23, 1945) is an [[Indian-American]] businessman, the current chairman of [[Aptiv]], an auto parts company, and a former executive with [[Rohm and Haas]], a manufacturer of specialty chemicals.

==Early life==
Gupta was born on December 23, 1945, in [[Muzaffarnagar]], India, the son of Phool Prakash and Rukmini Sahai.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Gupta-Rajiv-L-1945.html | title = Rajiv L Gupta | access-date = January 6, 2015}}</ref>

He graduated in 1967 with a degree in mechanical engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]].<ref name="rediff" /> Gupta continued his studies going on to earn an M.S. degree in Operations Research in 1969 from [[Cornell University]], and his [[Master of Business Administration|M.B.A.]] in Finance from the [[Bennett S. LeBow College of Business]] at [[Drexel University]] in 1972.<ref name="newsletter">{{Cite news|title=DVS CEO Lecture Series Continues With Raj Gupta, President, CEO Rohm and Haas |newspaper=AIChE Newsletter - Delaware Valley Section |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=1 |date=December 2005 |url=http://www.aiche-philadelphia.org/newsletter2005/dvs12-05.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
He is the former chairman, CEO, and president of [[Philadelphia]]-based [[Rohm and Haas]]. In 1971, Gupta joined Rohm and Haas as a financial analyst. Working his way up in the company, Gupta was elected to the board of directors and named vice chairman in January 1999 and later became chairman and chief executive officer in October 1999. He assumed the additional title of president in early 2005.<ref name="drexelink">{{cite web|date=September 5, 2006 | title=Raj Gupta Named 53rd Drexel Business Leader of the Year | url = http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelink/story.asp?ID=2244&vol=12&num=9 | publisher=Drexelink | access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Rohm and Haas: Governance and Leadership | url = http://www.rohmhaas.com/wcm/about_us/governance_leadership.page | publisher = Rohm and Haas | access-date=January 14, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217112848/http://www.rohmhaas.com/wcm/about_us/governance_leadership.page  | archive-date = December 17, 2007}}</ref> He left Rohm and Haas after its $15.3 billion acquisition by [[Dow Chemical Company|Dow]] in 2009.

In April 2005, the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce named Gupta as one of the top ten most influential [[Asian Americans]] in business.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|date=April 29, 2005 |title=Nooyi, Raj Gupta among top Asian Americans in business |url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/29nooyi.htm |publisher=Rediff |access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref> In 2006, Gupta was named Drexel's 53rd Business Leader of the Year.<ref name="drexelink" /> Gupta has also served as the chairman for the [[American Chemistry Council]] and the [[Society of Chemical Industry]], America Section.<ref name="newsletter" />

In 2010, he was chairman of Avantor Performance Material based in [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania]], near [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]].<ref name=PTN2012>{{cite news|last1=Paine|first1=Tom|title=Avantor, headed by ex-Rohm & Haas chief Gupta, sues IBM over troubled SAP implementation|url=http://www.phillytechnews.net/2012/11/avantor-headed-by-ex-rohm-haas-chief.html|access-date=December 1, 2014|work=Philly Tech News|date=November 13, 2012}}</ref>

In February 2015, he became the chairman of [[Delphi Automotive]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.delphi.com/media/pressreleases/2015/02/02/delphi-announces-board-changes | title = Delphi Announces Board Changes | publisher = [[Delphi Automotive]] | date = February 5, 2015 | access-date = December 30, 2015}}</ref> Delphi Automotive spun off its powertrain division and aftermarket related businesses (now [[Delphi Technologies]]) in December 2017 and changed its name to Aptiv plc.

==Personal life==
Gupta married Kamla Varshney in 1968, and they have two children, including civil rights attorney [[Vanita Gupta]]. They live in [[Newtown Square, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://topics.wsj.com/person/G/rajiv-gupta/977 | title = Raj L Gupta| access-date = January 6, 2015 | newspaper = [[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> In 2018, Raj and Kamla Gupta made a gift to the Drexel University LeBow College of Business to establish the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2018/April/Drexel-establishes-Gupta-Institute-for-governance/ | title = With a $5 Million Gift Drexel Establishes the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute| last = Gianakaris | first = Niki| date = April 17, 2018 | access-date = April 17, 2018 | publisher = DexelNow}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://investor.delphi.com/investors/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx Delphi Automotive, Board of Directors]

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[[Category:IIT Bombay alumni]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]
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[[Category:American chief executives]]

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