Aditya Mittal
 Aditya Mittal    (billionaire) | |
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 Aditya Mittal (left) with Jacob Burda | |
| Born | 22 January 1976 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Jakarta International School, Wharton School |
| Parents | Lakshmi Mittal |
| Spouse | Megha Mittal |
| Member of | WEF/Young Global Leaders/2005 |
Indian billionaire heir to steel empire. WEF Young Global Leader 2005. | |
Aditya Mittal is the CEO of ArcelorMittal[1][2] which was founded by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked 21st in the 2012 Forbes list of billionaires.[3]
Education
Born in India and raised in Indonesia, Mittal attended high school at Jakarta International School. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US, from which he graduated in 1996.
Career
He worked for a short time in the mergers and acquisitions department at investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston. He joined the family business in 1997 and was appointed Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in 1999, and has been involved in several purchases since then as Mittal Steel has played a major role in the consolidation of the global steel industry.[citation needed] He lives in London. He led Mittal Steel's offer for Arcelor that led to its acquisition and merger with Mittal Steel in 2006. The two companies were merged in 2006, with the merged company being named ArcelorMittal.
In 2009, he was ranked 4th in Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40"[4] list.
In February 2021, he was appointed CEO of ArcelorMittal, succeeding to his father.[5][6]
He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005. He is also a member of the Young President's Organization, a Board Member at the Wharton School, a Board Member at Bennett, Coleman & Co., a Board Member at PPR and a member of Citigroup's International Advisory.
Donations
In 2008, Aditya and Megha Mittal made a donation of £15m to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,[7] the largest private contribution the hospital had ever received. The donation was used to help fund their new facility, the Mittal Children's Medical Centre.[8] On 17 January 2018, the Duchess of Cambridge officially opened the Mittal Children's Medical Centre at the Great Ormond Street Hospital.[9]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |
References
- ↑ http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/who-we-are/leadership/group-management-board
- ↑ https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/aditya-takes-over-reins-of-arcelormittal/article33809082.ece
- ↑ Forbes profile: Lakshmi Mittal Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.40_under_40.fortune/4.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210211102451/https://www.ft.com/content/43f583ba-5694-4cb5-9096-5811ab6b3017
- ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/business/aditya-mittal-to-be-new-chairman-and-ceo-of-arcelormittal-replacing-his-father-and-company-founder-lakshmi-mittal-2368305
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100205155618/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23476286-mittals-15m-gift-to-great-ormond-street-is-a-record.do
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080616100831/http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/pressoffice/pressrelease_00612
- ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/duchess-of-cambridge-opens-great-ormond-street-hospital-ward-that-standard-readers-helped-fund-a3742321.html
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