Rajiv L. Gupta
{{Short description|Indian-American businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{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 India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (BS)
Cornell University (MS)
Drexel University (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.{{cite web|url = http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Gupta-Rajiv-L-1945.html | title = Rajiv L Gupta | access-date = January 6, 2015}}
He graduated in 1967 with a degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Gupta continued his studies going on to earn an M.S. degree in Operations Research in 1969 from Cornell University, and his M.B.A. in Finance from the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in 1972.{{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}}
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.{{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}}{{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}} He left Rohm and Haas after its $15.3 billion acquisition by 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.{{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}} In 2006, Gupta was named Drexel's 53rd Business Leader of the Year. Gupta has also served as the chairman for the American Chemistry Council and the Society of Chemical Industry, America Section.
In 2010, he was chairman of Avantor Performance Material based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, near Bethlehem.{{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}}
In February 2015, he became the chairman of Delphi Automotive.{{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}} 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, former associate attorney general Vanita Gupta and Amita Gupta, Director of Johns Hopkins Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases. {{cite news | url = https://main.ccghe.net/CCG/about/faculty/GuptaBio.asp | title = Amita Gupta MD,MHS| access-date = April 12, 2021 | publisher = Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Health Education}} They lived in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania until Gupta left Rohm and Haas.{{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}} 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.{{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}}
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:American chemical industry businesspeople
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Category:Drexel University alumni
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