Mr. Monte Ahuja

Monte Ahuja is founding chairman, president & CEO of Transtar Industries, Inc. He earned his MBA at Cleveland State University while he worked various jobs. As part of his coursework at CSU, he developed the business plan for Transtar in 1975. Today, Transtar is the leading worldwide distributor of OE quality transmission parts to the motor vehicle repair industry, with annual revenues of more than $250 million. Through his generous support, The College of Business moved into its new home in 1999. Ahuja served on the Cleveland State University Board of Trustees from 1991-2000 and served as its chairman for six years.

Monte Ahuja continues to support the northeast Ohio community in many ways. He has received dozens of awards and recognitions from various organizations. In 2001 he received an honorary doctoral degree in business from Cleveland State University.