Aditya Mittal

Aditya Mittal-Vital Stats

Born: January 22, 1976Marital status: married, two daughtersSchool: International School, JakartaUniversity: Wharton Business School, PennsylvaniaFirst job: mergers and acquisitions banker, Credit Suisse First BostonSalary package: £650,000 plus bonus. His family wealth was estimated at £19 billion last yearHome: Belgravia, LondonCar: blue Mercedes SLFavourite book: The Kite RunnerFavourite music: R&BFavourite film: V for VendettaLast holiday: St Moritz

ADITYA MITTAL’S WORKING DAY

The Arcelor Mittal finance director is woken at 7am by his daughters at his Belgravia home. “I check the e-mails, eat breakfast and get driven to Berkeley Square before 9.30am,” says Aditya Mittal. He goes into meetings about acquisitions, and liaises with executives around the world. He keeps a bag of clothes in the office, so he can fly anywhere at short notice. “The key is to be reactive. If you are slow, you don’t get deals.”

He often eats lunch with his father – food is brought in from Lakshmi Mittal’s Kensington home – and works until early evening. “I put my daughters to bed, then go for a run or play squash.”

DOWNTIME

Aditya Mittal relaxes by playing sport. “Whether it’s skiing, squash, marathon training – I find it the ultimate relaxation. Otherwise I just like reading a good book, watching a good film or spending time with the family.” He used to drive sports cars, and often eats out at Italian and Chinese restaurants, but now prefers not to spend too much.

“The family has lots of nice assets like a boat, a plane and a house in St Moritz, so I enjoy them. But when you have money, you don’t have the need to show you are successful all the time. If I had a choice, I’d spend most of my money helping others.”

Aditya Mittal is a Member of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Financial Officer of the world's largest steel firm Arcelor Mittal, which is controlled by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked the fourth richest person in the world by "Forbes" in 2008.

He has a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Economics 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 was involved with a merger proposal between Arcelor and Mittal Steel. He suggested to his father and pursued the acquisition and merger of Arcelor to Mittal 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 has been a member of Mittal Steel's board of directors since December 2004. [http://www.mittalsteel.com/Company/Management/Board+of+Directors/Vanisha+Mittal+Bhatia.htm]

Charity

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

External links

* [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3778499.ece Timesonline Stats and Info]
* [http://www.mittalsteel.com/Company/Management/Board+of+Directors/Aditya+Mittal.htm Mittal Steel biography]
* [http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1314&specialId=41 Interview published November 2005]