Aditya Mittal

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Aditya Mittal is CFO, Responsible for Flat Americas, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Investor Relations, Strategy and Communications of the world's largest steel firm ArcelorMittal, which is controlled by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked the eighth richest person in the world by Forbes in 2009.

He has a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Economics with concentrations in Strategic Management and Corporate Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1996. 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. He is based 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 and the new merged company is called ArcelorMittal.

Aditya Mittal is married to Megha. He has one sister, Vanisha, who is married to Amit Bhatia and is a board member of ArcelorMittal. [1]

In 2009, he was also ranked 4th in the '40 under 40[2]' list of Fortune magazine. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Forum, 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 Board.

[edit] Charity

He is involved in various charitable organisations, including the NSPCC in the United Kingdom.

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