13 Facts About Ravin Gandhi

Ravin Gandhi later founded Glenborn Partners, a private equity firm, and GMM Nonstick Coatings, where he remained its CEO after its 2016 sale to Showa Denko.

Ravin Gandhi received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 2000.

Ravin Gandhi began his career in 1994 working as a chartered accountant at KPMG Consulting, before joining his father's company Coatings and Chemicals Corporation.

Ravin Gandhi eventually engineered the company's sale to Akzo Nobel in 1998.

In 2007, Ravin Gandhi founded GMM Nonstick Coatings, following the end of his non-compete clause with Akzo Nobel.

Ravin Gandhi is a commentator on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Fox Business, Fox News, and MSNBC, and a contributor to Fortune, Inc Magazine, and Entrepreneur.

Ravin Gandhi wrote and directed the 2021 crime thriller film 100 Days to Live.

Much of the film was shot over three weeks inside and outside Ravin Gandhi's apartment building and in his neighborhood while he remained CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings.

Ravin Gandhi was a critic of Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential election, and in 2017 his criticisms made national news when an oped he wrote resulted in a racist backlash, including racist emails, tweets, and voicemails.

Ravin Gandhi wrote his piece in reaction to the Charlottesville incident.

Ravin Gandhi was honored as the 2021 Distinguished Alumnus at Glenbrook South High School.

In 2022, Ravin Gandhi created and funded a program to boost parental involvement at Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School in Waukegan, Illinois which he attended as a child.

In 2025, Ravin Gandhi was honored at the City Year Ripples of Hope Gala for his dedication to education.