# Michael J. Graff

> Michael J. Graff is a startup investor at Air Liquide. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Air Liquide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-liquide)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Michael J. Graff is a startup investor at Air Liquide. Mr. Michael J. Graff, also known as Mike serves as a Senior Vice-President and Vice-President of Americas at L'Air Liquide SA. Mr. Graff serves as Chief Executive Officer of President at American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. Mr. Graff serves as Vice President of Americas at Air Liquide Italia SpA. He serves as a Vice-President of Americas of AirLiquide SA. He has 30 years of experience in the energy, chemicals and polymers industries across the Americas, Asia and Europe. He served as Vice-President of Americas for Air Liquide Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd., and of L'Air Liquide SA. Mr. Graff served as a Vice President of North America and Caribbean Industrial Business at Air Liquide SA and also served as its Vice President of Industrial Risk Management. Mr. Graff served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Air Liquide USA LLC, a subsidiary of L'Air Liquide SA and of Air Liquide America Corp. and American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. since May 2007. Mr. Graff served as the Head of U.S. industrial gas operations at Air Liquide America Corp. since April 2007. Mr. Graff served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of several global chemical and polymer businesses. He served as the Head of Industrial Gas businesses in North America of L'Air Liquide SA since April 2009. He served as a Vice President of North America and Caribbean Industrial Business - Industrial Risk Management of Air Liquide Tunisie. Mr. Graff has 30 years of experience as a senior executive in the energy, chemicals and polymers industries working across the Americas, Asia and Europe. He served for 27 years at the BP plc/Amoco group in various leadership and also served in a diversity of industrial sectors. His experience includes executive leadership roles and expertise in a variety of fields including industrial gases, basic and specialty chemicals, polyesters, the marketing and refining of transportation fuels, lube oils, hydrogen, business development, engineering and construction. He joined Air Liquide in April 2007. Mr. Graff has been the Chairman of Board of Directors at Air Liquide Canada, Inc. of L'Air Liquide SA since April 2008. He has been Director of Westlake Chemical Corp. since May 2013. He has been a Director of Air Liquide USA LLC of Air Liquide America Corp. since May 2007. Mr. Graff serves as a Director of American Chemistry Council, Inc. He has served as a Board Member of several international chemical and polymer companies, the American Plastics Council and on the executive committee and the New Directions industrial advisory board for the department of chemical engineering at Purdue University. He served as a Director of Lubrizol Corp. from February 23, 2009 to September 16, 2011. Mr. Graff holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and holds a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. Mr. Graff studied Business at the University of Chicago and completed executive management programs at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Cambridge and Stanford University Law School.

## About Air Liquide

VC Fund · Paris, France

Air Liquide supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Air Liquide is the result of an idea - industrially produce oxygen from liquid air - and the meeting of two men, Georges Claude and Paul Delorme visionary pragmatic creator. Air Liquide supplies its customers inextremely diverse industries as steel industry, food and beverage, electronics or pharmaceuticals. To meet the requirements of each, the Group is organized around different industries.

5 contacts available at Air Liquide.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael J. Graff | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-j-graff |
| Benoît Potier | Chairman of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benot-potier |
| Christian Tillmann | Energy Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-tillmann |
| Fabio Rivalta | Supplier | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabio-rivalta |
| François Abrial | Senior VP Group General Secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franois-abrial |

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