Chirinjeev Kathuria is an Indian-American investor, physician, politician, businessperson, and philanthropist. He was the first Indian-American to run for the US Senate. Kathuria is the co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc. which went public on the NYSE (NYSE:UPH) and the executive chairman and co-founder of Ocean Biomedical Inc., a biotech company that partners with leading scientists and research institutions to accelerate the translation of new discoveries into breakthrough medicines. He is also the co-founder and chairman of

New Generation Power International New Generation Power International (NGPI) is an American energy company. History The company is based in Chicago and was co-founded by company chairman Chirinjeev Kathuria in 2010. The company develops renewable energy in international markets ...

, and co-founder of

PlanetSpace PlanetSpace was a privately funded Chicago-based rocket and space travel project founded by Geoff Sheerin, CEO of the Canadian Arrow corporation. The owner is Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria. In February, 2007, NASA announced plans to provide PlanetSp ...

. Additionally, Kathuria is the co-founder and chairman of the AIRO Group. The AIRO Group brings together technologies and services in urban air mobility, commercial and military aviation, and

avionics Avionics (a blend word, blend of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the Electronics, electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, Air navigation, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, ...

. Kathuria ran unsuccessfully in the 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois, in which future President

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was the winner.

Early life

Chirinjeev Kathuria was born in

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, India and came with his parents to

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

at the age of eight months. He received a Bachelor of Science and Doctorate of Medicine from

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and a Master of Business Administration from

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Career

Businessperson

Kathuria co-founded American Teleradiology NightHawks Inc., which was acquired in 2005 by NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc.; the combined company went public on

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in 2006. In 2010 he co-founded

Space exploration

Kathuria has also been involved in space exploration, and was the Founding Director of Mircorp, the first commercial company to privately launch and fund manned space programs. Kathuria also invested in Russia's

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space station in its final days. In 2005, Chirinjeev Kathuria co-founded

, a privately funded Chicago-based rocket and space travel project, which bid for

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’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with

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and

Alliant Techsystems Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company with its headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. The company operated in 22 states, Puerto Rico, and other countries. ATK's ...

Biomedical

Kathuria co-founded

Ocean Biomedical Ocean Biomedical is a new-generation American biopharmaceutical company based in Providence, Rhode Island. The company has product candidates addressing malaria, pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer. Ocean Biomedical was founded by Indian-American ...

and serves as the Chairman of its Board of Directors. Ocean Biomedical is currently pursuing programs in oncology, fibrosis, infectious disease, and inflammation. He is also the co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc. which went public on the

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(NYSE:UPH).

Aerospace and defense

He founded AIRO Group in 2005 which in 2021 acquired Aspen Avionics and proceeded with a merger with Coastal Defense. In the same year, Jaunt Air Mobility entered into a merger with the AIRO group.

Politician

Kathuria ran unsuccessfully in the 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois, in which future President

was the winner.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kathuria, Chi Living people Brown University alumni Alpert Medical School alumni Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American Sikhs