Chirinjeev Kathuria

Chirinjeev Kathuria is an Indian-American^[2][3][4] investor, physician, businessperson, and philanthropist.^[5][6] Kathuria is the co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc. which went public on the NYSE (NYSE:UPH) ^[7][8] and the executive chairman and co-founder of Ocean Biomedical Inc.,^[9][10] a biotech company that partners with leading scientists and research institutions to accelerate the translation of new discoveries into breakthrough medicines.^[11] He is also the co-founder and chairman of New Generation Power International, and co-founder of PlanetSpace.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} 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.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22]}

In 2004, Kathuria also ran against Barack Obama in the US Senate elections in Illinois.

Early life[]

Chirinjeev Kathuria was born in New Delhi, India and came with his parents to Chicago, Illinois at the age of eight months.^[23] He received a Bachelor of Science and Doctorate of Medicine from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.^[5][24][14]

Career[]

In 2004, Kathuria ran for U.S. Senate in Illinois, becoming the first Indian-American and first person of the Sikh religion running for federal office in US history.^[a][25] in a race that included eventual winner, Barack Obama.^[14] Kathuria co-founded American Teleradiology NightHawks Inc., which was acquired in 2005 by NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc.; the combined company went public on NASDAQ in 2006. In 2010 he co-founded New Generation Power International. Kathuria has also been involved in space exploration,^[26][14] and was the Founding Director of Mircorp,^[14] the first commercial company to privately launch and fund manned space programs.^{[26][27][28][29]} Kathuria also invested in Russia's Mir space station in its final days.^[30][14] In 2005, Chirinjeev Kathuria co-founded PlanetSpace, a privately funded Chicago-based rocket and space travel project,^[31] which bid for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Alliant Techsystems.^[32][33] Kathuria co-founded Ocean Biomedical and serves as the Chairman of its Board of Directors.^[9] Ocean Biomedical is currently pursuing programs in oncology, fibrosis, infectious disease, and inflammation.^[11]

He is also the co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc. which went public on the NYSE (NYSE:UPH). ^[10][8]

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