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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian businessman (1950 – 2008)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Robert Chandran<br />
| birth_name = Robert Viswanathan Chandran<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1950|5|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|1|7|1950|5|31}}<br />
| death_place = [[Riau]], [[Indonesia]]<br />
| nationality = Singaporean<br />
| occupation = business executive<br />
| spouse = Vivian<br />
| children = 2<br />
}}<br />
'''Robert Viswanathan Chandran''' (31 May 1950 &ndash; 7 January 2008)<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYhaKxnO.fZg&refer=home Chemoil Shares Fall After Chief Executive's Death], [[Bloomberg L.P.]], 8 January 2008.</ref> was an [[India]]n-born [[Singapore]]an business executive, and the founder and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[Chemoil]] company.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Chandran was born in 1950 in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] to a chemist father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=9 January 2008 |title=Chemoil chief Robert Chandran dies in copter crash |pages=1 |work=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref> Due to financial problems, the family moved to [[Coimbatore]] when Chandran was nine.<ref name="forbes">Arnold, Wayne: {{cite web |title=Singapore's 40 Richest: Riding the Waves |website=[[Forbes]] |url=http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2007/0903/044.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503062928/http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2007/0903/044.html |archivedate=3 May 2007 |accessdate=2014-02-16}}, ''[[Forbes]]'', 9 March 2007.</ref><br />
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Chandran unsuccessfully applied to study medicine at the [[University of Madras]] but instead undertook a [[Master's degree]] in [[chemistry]]. Following the death of his mother, Chandran left [[India]] in 1972 and lived in the [[Philippines]] where he attended the [[Asian Institute of Management]] and earned his MBA.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Fiona |date=10 January 2008 |title=Award late CEO set up at alma mater to be widened |pages=S3 |work=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref> In 1976, Chandran emigrated to the [[United States]] with his Filipino-American wife Vivian.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} <br />
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== Career ==<br />
Chandran first made his fortune in [[California]], investing in real estate in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. In 1981, he was [[Naturalization|naturalized]] as a U.S. citizen, and in the same year, he founded [[Chemoil]], a chemical and oil trading company specializing in ship-fueling.<ref name="forbes" /><br />
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By 1991, Chemoil was listed by ''[[Forbes]]'' as one of the United States' largest [[private company|private companies]], although a blow to the company's fortunes following a global downturn in shipping after the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' disaster forced a major restructure and refinancing. In 2005, Chandran moved himself and the company to a base in [[Singapore]] to more easily capitalize on the Asian shipping market.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Chandran was married to Vivian and had two children.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Chandran moved his family to Singapore after watching a [[Singapore National Day Rally]] on television.<ref name=":0" /> He [[relinquishment of United States nationality|relinquished his U.S. citizenship]] and became a Singaporean in 2005.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="forbes" /><br />
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Chandran died on 7 January 2008 from injuries sustained when the helicopter in which he was travelling crashed in the [[Riau]] province of [[Indonesia]]. News of his death caused Chemoil's share price to drop by around 16 per cent.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080112161223/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKSIN8821020080108 Singapore Hot Stocks-Chemoil slips on CEO's death], [[Reuters]], 8 January 2008.</ref><br />
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