Digging Deeper — Lohias: The poster children of immigration

Immigration has now turned into a contentious global issue that has political, economic, social and human ramifications. The world today perhaps needs many stories of hope, assimilation and inspiration that emphasise the beauty of our shared humanity rather than division more than ever before.

This is Rakesh and on Digging Deeper with Moneycontrol today, we will talk about one such business family of Indian origin. A family that has written an uplifting story about the universality of ambition and aspiration and how borders mean nothing for those intent upon treating the world as a playground where everyone has an equal opportunity to win.

When a man called Sri Prakash Lohia, born in Kolkata and educated in Delhi University, made his way to Indonesia along with his father, Mohan Lal Lohia, in 1975 to set up a business, little did he know that he was initiating the stirrings of an empire. That by the time, he turned sixty, he would be presiding over Indorama Corporation, a $10 billion textile and petrochemical conglomeration present in over 39 operations in 24 countries and counting. The company is headquartered in Singapore and today happens to be the largest producer of polyolefins in the western Africa region.