Lakshmi Mittal's Birth Name: Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Common Name: Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Date of Birth: June 15, 1950
Lakshmi Mittal's Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Lakshmi Mittal's Place of Birth: Sadulpur, Rajasthan
Lakshmi Mittal's Gender: Male
Lakshmi Mittal's Hair Color: Black
Lakshmi Mittal's Nationality: Indian
Lakshmi Mittal's Religion: Hinduism
Lakshmi Mittal's Education: St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
Lakshmi Mittal's Address: 7th Floor, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6DA, England
Family Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Father: Mohan Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Spouse: Usha Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Son: Aditya Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Daughter: Vanisha Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Career Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal's Profession: Businessman
Lakshmi Mittal's Awards
Lakshmi Mittal
2008: Padma Vibhushan
2007: Bessemer Gold Medal 2006: Person of the Year - Financial Times
2006 Person of the Year by Financial Times
2004: European Businessman of the Year - Fortune Magazine
1998: Willy Korf Steel Vision Award - American Metal Market and PaineWeber’s World Steel Dynamics
1996: Steelmaker of the Year - New Steel
Lakshmi Mittal's Trivia:
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Lakshmi Mittal purchased a property at 21 Curzon Street in Mayfair for his daughter's wedding and was kitted out at a cost of £8m by Candy and Candy.
Lakshmi Mittal purchased the Irish Steel plant based in Cork from the Government for a nominal fee of £1.
In 2008, Lakshmi Mittal was reported to be the 4th wealthiest person in the world, and the wealthiest in Asia, by Forbes Magazine (up from 61st richest in 2004) up one place since a year before.
In 2008 he awarded Abhinav Bindra with Rs. 1.5 Crore, for getting India its first individual Olympic gold medal in shooting.
In 2009, Forbes Magazine listed him the world's 8th richest person with personal wealth of US$19.3 billion.
Lakshmi Mittal is a member in the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management (the business school of Northwestern University).
He is a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the International Investment Council in South Africa, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council and the International Iron and Steel Institute’s Executive Committee.Lakshmi Mittal is an active philanthropist.
In 2002 he was involved in a political scandal with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, when a donation he made to the Labour party led to Blair's intervention in a business deal favoring Mittal. It was announced later that he donated £2 million to the Labour Party.
Recently, Lakshmi Mittal had emerged as a leading contender to buy and sell Barclays Premiership clubs Wigan and Everton.
He is married to Usha and has two children, son Aditya and daughter Vanisha.
Lakshmi Mittal is the Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal, the largest steel company in world. He was born on June 15, 1950 in Rajasthan.
Lakshmi graduated from the St. Xavier's college in Kolkata in 1969.
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