Ratan Chaudhuri, PhD

Sytheon

Ratan K Chaudhuri is the first employee, President & CEO of Sytheon which he founded in 2006. Sytheon is an innovative global specialty ingredient company growing over 50% annually (www.sytheonltd.com). Sytheon’s global headquarters is in Parsippany, New Jersey, USA with its European affiliate in France and Asian affiliate in Singapore.

Ratan is a humble entrepreneur by heart, an analytical thinker with strong leadership skills. He has developed numerous best-in-class products for the personal care industry, just to name two new gold standards – Sytenol® A (INCI: Bakuchiol) and Synovea® HR (INCI: Hexylresorcinol) he has developed with an incredible team. Ratan holds over100 US & International patents, has over ninety publications & six-chapter articles. Prior to starting Sytheon, Ratan has held technical management positions at EMD Chemicals (Merck KGaA) and ISP Chemicals (Ashland Chemicals) in the USA.