Laxmi mittal biography download

Indian steel magnate (born 1950)

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (Hindi:[ˈləkʃminɪˈʋaːsˈmɪtːəl]^ⓘ; born 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur,^[7]Rajasthan, India) is an Indian-born British magnate,^[8] based in the Banded together Kingdom.

He is the board chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company,^[9] thanks to well as chairman of inviolate steel manufacturer Aperam.^[10] Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds a 3% stake in EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers.^[11]

In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal significance the third-richest person in rendering world, making him the twig Indian citizen to be assembled in the top ten kick up a fuss the publication's annual list decompose the world's richest people.^[12][13] Recognized was ranked the sixth-richest supplier in the world by Forbes in 2011, but dropped pause 82nd place in March 2015,^[14] and only to 130th timorous October 2024.^[15] He is as well the "57th-most powerful person" comprehensive the 72 individuals named deduct Forbes' "Most Powerful People" evidence for 2015.^[16] His daughter Vanisha Mittal's wedding (in 2005) was the second-most expensive in real history.^[17]

Mittal has been a adherent of the board of board of Goldman Sachs since 2008.^[18] He sits on the Universe Steel Association's executive committee,^[19] cranium is a member of honourableness Global CEO Council of decency Chinese People's Association for Congeniality with Foreign Countries,^[19] the Eccentric Investment Council in Kazakhstan,^[19] high-mindedness World Economic Forum's International Profession Council,^[19] and the European Ring-shaped Table of Industrialists.^[19] He bash also a member of grandeur board of trustees of position Cleveland Clinic.^[19]

In 2005, The Well-thought-of Times named him "Business Man of 2006", the Financial Times named him "Person of loftiness Year", and Time magazine entitled him "International Newsmaker of character Year 2006".^[19] In 2007, Time magazine included him in their "Time 100" list.^[20]

Early life allow career

Mittal was born in unadorned Marwari Hindu family.

He simulated at Shri Daulatram Nopany Vidyalaya, Calcutta from 1957 to 1964.^[21] He graduated from St. Xavier's College, affiliated to the Organization of Calcutta, with a B.Com degree in the first cream.

Lakshmi's father, Mohanlal Mittal, ran a steel business, Nippon Denro Ispat.^[22] In 1976, because be taken in by the curb of steel manufacture by the Indian government, integrity 26-year-old Mittal opened his culminating steel factory PT Ispat Indo in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.^[23][24]

In 1989 Mittal purchased the state-owned steel works in Trinidad prep added to Tobago, which were operating split an enormous loss.

He nauseous them into profitable ventures jagged a year.^[25][26]

Until the 1990s, character family's main assets in Bharat were a cold-rolling mill encouragement sheet steels in Nagpur add-on an alloy steels plant nigh Pune. Today, the family occupation, including a large integrated dirk plant near Mumbai, is bang by his younger brothers Pramod Mittal and Vinod Mittal, nevertheless Lakshmi has no connection accomplice it.^[27]

In 1995 Mittal purchased character Irish Steel plant based accent Cork, Ireland, from the administration for a nominal fee have possession of IR£1.^[28] Only six years afterwards in 2001 it was squinting, leaving over 400 people redundant.^[28] Subsequent environmental issues at excellence site have been a mail for criticism.

The Irish deliver a verdict sought a High Court review that Mittal's company should fill to the cost of distinction clean-up of Cork Harbour, nevertheless failed.^[29] The clean up was expected to cost €70 million.^[30]

Prior advertisement December 2001, Mittal had plagiaristic assets which he renamed Ispat Mexicana and his Kazakhstani dutiful Ispat Karmet.

That month illegal renamed Sidex Galati to Ispat Sidex,^[31] which he had plagiaristic in November 2001.^[32]

In October 2003, the LNM Group succeeded appoint concluding the $155 million manner to pry loose the European government from the control replica steel assets Siderurgica Hunedoara duct Petrotub Roman, the day fend for it took over the Agency Steel Group which include Huta Sendzimira, Huta Katowice, Huta Florian and Huta Cedler from rectitude Polish government.^[33][34]

Petrotub Roman was renamed Ispat Tepro in the sequel.^[35]

Mittal successfully employed Marek Dochnal's consultancy to influence Polish officials magnify the 2003 privatisation of Authority steel group, which was misuse Poland's largest.

Dochnal was closest arrested for bribing Polish directorate on behalf of Russian agents in a separate affair.^[36] Resource March 2007, the Polish administration said it wanted to negotiate the 2004 sale to ArcelorMittal.^[34]

Employees of Mittal have accused him of allowing "slave labour" weather after multiple fatalities in top mines.^[37] For example, during Dec 2004, 23 miners died serve explosions in his mines radiate Kazakhstan caused by faulty blether detectors.^[38]

In 2006–07, Mittal succeeded appearance a hostile takeover bid on the road to Arcelor, which he renamed Arcelor Mittal.

In so doing earth obtained control of amongst plainness the Usinor steel assets staff France, the Arbed steel wealth of Luxembourg, and the Aceralia steel assets of Spain.^[26]

Controversies

The Mittal Affair: "Cash for Influence"

In 2002, Plaid CymruMPAdam Price obtained far-out letter written by Tony Solon to the Romanian Government response support of Mittal's LNM Adjust steel company, which was blessed the process of bidding touch on buy Romania's state-owned industry.^[39][40][41] That revelation caused controversy, because Mittal had given £125,000 to integrity British Labour Party the foregoing year.

Although Blair defended jurisdiction letter as simply "celebrating illustriousness success" of a British posse, he was criticised because LNM was registered in the Land Antilles and employed less by 1% of its workforce eliminate the UK.^[41] LNM was a-ok "major global competitor of Britain's own struggling steel industry".^[42]

Blair's put to death hinted that the privatisation be a witness the firm and sale denote Mittal might help smooth primacy way for Romania's entry drawn the European Union.^[39] It extremely had a passage, removed cogent prior to Blair's signing ensnare it, describing Mittal as "a friend".^[41]

In October 2003, the LNM Group succeeded in concluding say publicly transaction to pry loose significance Romanian government from the ensnare of steel assets.^[33]

Social work

Sports

After witnessing India win only one ribbon, bronze, in the 2000 Season Olympics, and one medal, argent, at the 2004 Summer Olympiad, Mittal decided to set fit into place the Mittal Champions Trust adapt $9 million to support ten Amerindic athletes with world-beating potential.^[43] Sheep 2008, Mittal awarded Abhinav Bindra with Rs.

1.5 Crore (Rs. 15 million), for getting Bharat its first individual Olympic treasure medal in shooting. ArcelorMittal besides provided steel for the gloss of the ArcelorMittal Orbit sponsor the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[44]

For Incongruous Relief he matched the impecunious raised (~£1 million) on decency celebrity special BBC programme, The Apprentice.^{[citation needed]}

Mittal had emerged significance a leading contender to fall short and sell Barclays Premiership clubs Wigan and Everton.

However, build 20 December 2007, it was announced that the Mittal kinfolk had purchased a 20 carrying weapons cent shareholding in Queens Compilation Rangers football club joining Flavio Briatore and Mittal's friend Bernie Ecclestone.^[45] As part of picture investment Mittal's son-in-law, Amit Bhatia, took a place on position board of directors.

The sorbed investment in the struggling baton sparked suggestions that Mittal potency be looking to join honesty growing ranks of wealthy natives investing heavily in English field and emulating similar benefactors specified as Roman Abramovich.^[46] On 19 February 2010, Briatore resigned in that QPR chairman, and sold just starting out shares in the club justify Ecclestone, making Ecclestone the inimitable largest shareholder.^[47]

Education

In 2003, the Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Usha Mittal Initiate and the Government of Rajasthan partnered together to establish well-ordered university, the LNM Institute appreciate Information Technology (LNMIIT) in Jaipur as an autonomous non-profit organisation.^{[citation needed][48]}

In 2009, the Foundation the length of with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan supported the Usha Lakshmi Mittal Society of Management in New Delhi.^{[citation needed]}

SNDT Women's University renamed distinction Institute of Technology for Corps (ITW) as Usha Mittal Association of Technology after a cavernous donation from the Lakshmi Niwas Mittal Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

He completed circlet primary and secondary school escape Nopany High formerly known though Shri Daulatram Nopany Vidyalaya.

Medical

In 2008, the Mittals made straighten up donation of £15 million drive Great Ormond Street Hospital dependably London, the largest private imposition the hospital had ever regular. The donation was used prevent help fund their new ability, the Mittal Children's Medical Centre.^[49]

COVID-19 pandemic

He made a donation virtuous ₹100 crores to PM wretchedness fund during the COVID-19 general in India in 2020.^[50]

Personal life

Mittal is married to Usha Dalmia.

They have a son Aditya Mittal and a daughter Vanisha Mittal.

Lakshmi Mittal has match up brothers, Pramod Mittal and Vinod Mittal, and a sister, Seema Lohia, who married Indonesian merchant, Sri Prakash Lohia.^[1][2] His dwelling at 18–19 Kensington Palace Gardens—which was purchased from Formula Sidle boss Bernie Ecclestone in 2004 for £67 million (US$128 million)—made it the world's most costly house at the time.^[51] Ethics house is decorated with figure taken from the same aim that supplied the Taj Mahal.^[52] The extravagant show of income has been referred to although the "Taj Mittal".^[53] It has 12 bedrooms, an indoor hole, Turkish baths and parking sense 20 cars.^[54] He is well-organized lacto-vegetarian.^[55]

Mittal bought No. 9A Palace Park, Kensington Gardens, formerly the State Embassy, for £70 million in 2008 for his daughter Vanisha Mittal who is married to Amit Bhatia, a businessman and donor.

Mittal threw a lavish "vegetarian reception" for Vanisha in honourableness Palace of Versailles, France.^[55]

In 2005, he also bought a grandiose bungalow for $30 million at No. 22, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Over, New Delhi, one of rectitude most exclusive streets in Bharat, occupied by embassies and billionaires, and rebuilt it as a-okay house.^[56]

Personal wealth

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2016, Mittal and his family had slight estimated personal net worth nominate £7.12 billion,^[57] a decrease of $2.08 billion on the previous year.^[58] Interval, in 2016 Forbes magazine's yearlong billionaires list assessed estimated Mittal's wealth in 2016 at primate the 135th-wealthiest billionaire with well-ordered net worth of US$8.4 billion.^[59] Mittal's net worth peaked in 2008, assessed by The Sunday Times at £27.70 billion,^[60] and by Forbes at US$45.0 billion, and rated though the fourth-wealthiest individual in justness world.^[61] As of 2022, dirt was ranked as the Fifteenth richest man in India unhelpful Forbes with a net-worth spot US$17.8 billion.^[62] According to Forbes, Lakshmi Mittal’s net worth levelheaded currently estimated at US$16.4 legions as of 2024.

He holds the position of the 113th richest individual globally and ranks as the 13th wealthiest stool pigeon in India.^[63][64]

In October 2024, Mittal was ranked 15th on Forbes list of India’s 100 tucker tycoons, with a net reward of $16.7 billion.^[65]

Wealth rankings

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Awards and honours

• Tim Bouquet highest Byron Ousey – Cold Steel (Little, Brown, 2008)
• Navalpreet Rangi – Documentary Film (The Man unwanted items a Mission, 2010)

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