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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2018}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Robert Chandran
|birth_name = Robert Viswanathan Chandran
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1950|5|31}}
|birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|1|7|1950|5|31}}
|death_place = [[Riau]], [[Indonesia]]
|occupation = business executive
}}{{Expand section|date=March 2020}}

'''Robert Viswanathan Chandran''' (31 May 1950 – 7 January 2008)<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYhaKxnO.fZg&refer=home Chemoil Shares Fall After Chief Executive's Death], [[Bloomberg L.P.]], 8 January 2008.</ref> was an [[India]]n-born [[Singapore]]an business executive, and the founder and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[Chemoil]] company.

Chandran was born in 1950 in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. He unsuccessfully applied to study medicine at the [[University of Madras]], but instead undertook a [[Master's degree]] in [[chemistry]]. Following the death of his mother, he left [[India]] in 1972 and lived in the [[Philippines]] where he attended the [[Asian Institute of Management]] until 1976, in which year he emigrated to the [[United States]] with his Filipino-American wife Vivian.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} Chandran first made his fortune in [[California]], investing in real estate in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. In 1981, he was [[Naturalization|naturalized]] as a U.S. citizen, and in the same year he founded [[Chemoil]], a chemical and oil trading company specializing in ship-fueling.<ref name="forbes">Arnold, Wayne: {{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2007/0903/044.html |title=Singapore's 40 Richest: Riding the Waves |accessdate=2014-02-16 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503062928/http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2007/0903/044.html |archivedate=3 May 2007 }}, ''[[Forbes]]'', 9 March 2007.</ref>

By 1991, Chemoil was listed by ''[[Forbes]]'' as one of the United States' largest [[private company|private companies]], although a blow to the company's fortunes following a global downturn in shipping after the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' disaster forced a major restructure and refinancing. Chemoil formed a partnership with [[Japan]]ese trading company [[Itochu]], which bought a 50% stake in the company. In 2005, Chandran moved himself and the company to a base in [[Singapore]] to more easily capitalize on the Asian shipping market. He [[relinquishment of United States nationality|relinquished his U.S. citizenship]] and applied for [[Singaporean nationality law|Singaporean citizenship]].<ref name="forbes" />

Chandran died on 7 January 2008 from injuries sustained when the helicopter in which he was traveling crashed in the [[Riau]] province of [[Indonesia]]. News of his death caused Chemoil's share price to drop by around 16 per cent.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKSIN8821020080108 Singapore Hot Stocks-Chemoil slips on CEO's death], [[Reuters]], 8 January 2008.</ref>

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