Aditya Mittal (born 22 January 1976) is an Indian business heir and the CEO of

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which was founded by his father

Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (; born 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company ...

, who was ranked 21st in the 2012

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Education and career

Born in India and raised in Indonesia, Mittal attended high school at

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. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the

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in the US, from which he graduated in 1996. He worked for a short time in the mergers and acquisitions department at investment bank

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. 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 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

. In 2009, he was ranked 4th in Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40" list. In February 2021, he was appointed CEO of ArcelorMittal, succeeding his father.

Appointments

Mittal is on the boards of ArcelorMittal, Aperam, Iconiq Capital, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and HMEL. He is a trustee at Brookings Institution, a member of the WSJ CEO Council, an alumnus of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leader’s Programme and a member of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council.

Investments

In 2025, Mittal invested $1 billion into Bill Chisholm’s purchase of the

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, giving him a significant stake in the team

Charitable involvement

Mittal is involved with various charitable organisations, including the

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in the UK. In 2008, Aditya and Megha Mittal made a donation of £15m to

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in London, 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. On 17 January 2018, the Duchess of Cambridge officially opened the Mittal Children's Medical Centre at the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Personal life

Aditya Mittal is married to Megha Mittal, former owner of German fashion company

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. The pre-wedding event was held at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, with entertainment from Mallika Sarabhai and

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. He has one sister, Vanisha, who is also a board member of ArcelorMittal. He has two daughters and a son.

References

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Aditya Aditya may refer to: * Ādityas, a group of Hindu deities * An alternative name for Surya Surya ( ; , ) is the Sun#Dalal, Dalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta t ...