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Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is an Indian billionaire businessman and steel magnate. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well as chairman of stainless steel manufacturer Aperam. Mittal owns 38 per cent of ArcelorMittal. He also holds a 75 percent stake in the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals. Mittal resides in Switzerland and U…
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Born 15 June 1950 · Q191311
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2026· 10 entries
Moneycontrol: Lakshmi Mittal’s Ukraine steel plant hit by Russian missile; blast furnace, power units damaged
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NewsBytes: Russian missile strike hits Lakshmi Mittal's Ukraine steel plant
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Public attention spiked: 2,732 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 909, with 0 article edits.
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Fortune India: Lakshmi Mittal bets big on India, says steel market has 30-40 years of growth runway
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Public attention spiked: 10,600 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.7× the usual 909, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: No longer owns a stake in QPR, however will soon hold a stake in Liverpool FC
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Public attention spiked: 19,192 Wikipedia readers in one day, 21.1× the usual 909, with 2 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
ET EnergyWorld: LAKSHMI MITTAL
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Mittal was reported to be preparing to leave the United Kingdom after nearly three decades of residence, following the UK government’s decision to abolish the non-domiciled ("non-dom") tax status
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2024· 1 entry
fact checker rated the claim “akshmi Mittal Criticized India's Secularism” False.
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2023· 2 entries
FACTLY rated the claim “Audio clip of Lakshmi Mittal speaking against the idea of secularism in India and endorsing the concept of state religion” FALSE.
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NewsMobile rated the claim “Lakshmi Mittal comments on religion and politics in India” False.
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2019· 3 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Audio clip of Lakshmi Mittal talking about religion and politics” False.
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Alt News rated the claim “Speech given by Lakshmi Mittal on PM Modi, Indian politics” False.
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Reported net worth: $13.6B (as of 2019).
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2016· 1 entry
Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list assessed estimated Mittal's wealth in 2016 at as the 135th-wealthiest billionaire with a net worth of US$8
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Lakshmi Mittal by Nicola Jennings
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The Guardian: Britain's richest man Lakshmi Mittal faces court case over oil fields
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2011· 1 entry
But dropped to 82nd place in March 2015, and only to 130th by October 2024
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Dostyk Order of grade I (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
The Foundation along with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan founded the Usha Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management in New Delhi
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2008· 3 entries
For his daughter Vanisha Mittal, who is married to Amit Bhatia, a businessman and philanthropist
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The Mittals made a donation of £15 million to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, the largest private contribution the hospital had ever received
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Mittal awarded Abhinav Bindra with Rs
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (2007).
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Time magazine included him in their "Time 100" list
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Padma Vibhushan in trade & industry (2006).
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Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2006).
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2005· 3 entries
Also bought a colonial bungalow for $30 million at No
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Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication's annual list of the world's richest people
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The Sunday Times named him "Business Person of 2006", the Financial Times named him "Person of the Year", and Time magazine named him "International Newsmaker of the Year 2006"
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2004· 1 entry
For £67 million (US$128 million)—made it the world's most expensive house at the time
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2003· 1 entry
The Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Usha Mittal Foundation and the Government of Rajasthan partnered together to establish a university, the LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT) in Jaipur as an autonomous non-profit or
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2002· 1 entry
Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price obtained a letter written by Tony Blair to the Romanian Government in support of Mittal's LNM Group steel company, which was in the process of bidding to buy Romania's state-owned industry
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2001· 1 entry
It was closed, leaving over 400 people redundant
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2000· 1 entry
“s letter. The Conservatives want the Committee for Standards in Public Life to investigate the affair. Although the Romanian ambassador in London, Dan Ghibernnea, has said Mr Blair was”
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1995· 1 entry
Mittal purchased the Irish Steel plant based in Cork, Ireland, from the government for a nominal fee of IR£1
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1989· 1 entry
Mittal purchased the state-owned steel works in Trinidad and Tobago, which were operating at an enormous loss
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1976· 1 entry
Because of the curb of steel production by the Indian government, the 26-year-old Mittal opened his first steel factory PT Ispat Indo in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-06-15.
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