Megha Mittal
Megha Mittal (born 20 November 1976 in Kolkata, India) is the Chairman and Managing Director of the German fashion luxury brand Escada.[1]
She graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1997, with a B.S. in Economics with concentration in Finance. She subsequently joined the investment bank Goldman Sachs as an analyst in the research department. In 2003, she obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design.[2]
In November 2009, she acquired Escada, who had filed for bankruptcy in August that same year.[3][4]
Mittal is married to Aditya Mittal,[5] CFO of ArcelorMittal, whom she met while at the business school in the U.S. They live in London and have two young daughters.
In 2008, the Mittals made a donation of £15 million to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,[6] 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.[7]
References
- ^ Escada Corporate 2011
- ^ Kuehnen, Eva (Nov. 6, 2009). "Megha shows Mittal family steel in fashion coup". Reuters India. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Kuehnen, Eva (Nov. 5, 2009). "Megha Mittal to buy luxury fashion house Escada". Reuters. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Odell, Amy (Nov. 6, 2009). "Escada Sold to 33-Year-Old Megha Mittal". New York Magazine. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Yaeger, Lynn (Feb. 2010). "Revival of Fortune: Megha Mittal, the Woman Behind the New Escada". Vogue. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Goodchild, Sophie (Sep. 4, 2008). "Mittals' £15m gift to Great Ormond Street is a record". London Evening Standard. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Mittal family back better care at Great Ormond Street" (Press release). Great Ormond Street Hospital. Apr. 9, 2008. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010.
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