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Biography
Ravin Gandhi is an American businessman. Gandhi was an executive with Coatings and Chemicals Corporation before engineering its sale to Akzo Nobel. He later founded Glenborn Partners, a private equity firm, and GMM Nonstick Coatings, where he remained its CEO after its 2016 sale to Showa Denko.
Early life and education
Ravin Gandhi was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1994, and became a CPA. Gandhi received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 2000.
Career
Gandhi began his career in 1994 working as a chartered accountant at KPMG Consulting, before joining his father’s company Coatings and Chemicals Corporation. Gandhi eventually engineered the company’s sale to Akzo Nobel in 1998. Following the sale, he became President of Akzo Nobel Nonstick Coatings. In 2002 he founded Glenborn Partners, a private equity firm. In 2007, Gandhi founded GMM Nonstick Coatings, following the end of his non-compete clause with Akzo Nobel. GMM became one of the world’s largest suppliers of non-stick coatings, and was acquired by Showa Denko KK in 2016. Following the sale, Gandhi remained the CEO of GMM. As a venture capitalist, Gandhi is also an investor in Hester Biosciences and KeyMe. He is also a commentator on CNBC, and a contributor to Fortune, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur.
Personal life
Gandhi was a critic of Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential election. He also serves on the Board of City Year Chicago.