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Lakshmi Mittal | |
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Born | Lakshmi Niwas Mittal 15 June 1950[1] |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta, (B.Com.)[1] |
Occupation(s) | Chairman & CEO of Arcelor Mittal Owner of Karrick Limited[2] Co-owner of Queens Park Rangers F.C. |
Known for | Steel magnate King of Steel[3] |
Board member of | Goldman Sachs |
Spouse | Usha Mittal |
Children | Vanisha Mittal Aditya Mittal |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2008)[4] |
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (Hindustani: [ˈləkʃmi nɪˈʋaːs ˈmɪtːəl] (listen); born 15 June 1950) is an Indian steel businessman.[6] He is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal.[7]
In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication's annual list of the world's richest people.[8][9] In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe.[10][11]
Mittal has been a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs since 2008.[12]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cha". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ "Lakshmi Mittal, Owner of Karrick Limited". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Reed, Stanley; Biesheuvel, Thomas (10 November 2011). "Lakshmi Mittal, the King of Steel, Trips Up". Businessweek. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ "LN Mittal, Ratan Tata, Narayana Murthy get Padma Vibhushan". The Times of India. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ↑ "Lakshmi Mittal – Forbes". Forbes.
- ↑ Srikar Muthyala (29 September 2015). "The List of Great Entrepreneurs of India in 2015". MyBTechLife. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016.
- ↑ "Lakshmi Mittal". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Front Page : Lakshmi Mittal third wealthiest in world: Forbes". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Tory pressure over Mittal row". BBC News. London: BBC. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ "Lakshmi Mittal – Richest Person in Europe | SouthAsian.com". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Mittal richest in Europe and UK; fifth in the world". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- ↑ "Board of Directors – Lakshmi N. Mittal". Goldman Sachs. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.