Aloke Lohia (born 1958) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of Indorama Ventures.
Lohia was educated at Delhi University, where he received a bachelor of commerce degree.
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.
[1] In 2011, Lohia was appointed an honorary investment advisor to the Government of Thailand.
[citation needed] In 2011–2014, Lohia was included in the Top 40 Power Players by ICIS (Independent Chemical Information Service), the world's largest petrochemical market information provider.