Sri Prakash Lohia

In 2015, the Lohia family was one of the 50 wealthiest families in Asia.

In 2013, Lohia was ranked 395 in Forbes list of Billionaires with a net worth of $3.4 billion.

In 2012, Lohia was given the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award (Overseas Indian award) by the President of India.

In 2006, Lohia acquired an integrated olefin plant in Nigeria, which is today the largest petrochemical company in West Africa and the second largest olefin producer in Africa.

In 1991, Indorama Synthetics diversified into the manufacture of polyester fibers and then polyester bottle-grade (PET) resins in 1995.

The company was divided in the late 1980s by Mohan Lal Lohia between his three sons to avoid family disputes in the future. Lohia's elder brother Om Prakash moved to India and set up Indorama Synthetics. Aloke, Lohia's younger brother, went to Thailand to found Indorama Holdings, which is a wool yarn producer.

Lohia hails from India, but has spent the majority of his professional life in Indonesia since 1974. In 2013, Forbes ranked him as the 6th richest person in Indonesia, with a net worth of US$3 billion.

In 1973, Lohia moved to Indonesia with his father Mohan Lal Lohia and started Indorama Synthetics, which began to manufacture spun yarns in 1976.

Sri Prakash Lohia (born 11 August 1952) is an Indian-born Indonesian billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Indorama Corporation, a diversified petrochemical and textile company.

Lohia was born in Kolkata on 11 August 1952 to Mohan Lal Lohia and Kanchan Devi Lohia. He has three brothers—Om, Ajey (original name Ajay Prakash), and Aloke (original name Alok or Anil Prakash)—and one sister—Aruna. He graduated from the University of Delhi in 1971, with a bachelor's degree in commerce.