HBD Lakshmi Mittal: Laxmi Mittal aged 75, this is the journey from trainee to ‘Steel King’ in the mill

Hbd lakshmi mittal: Today is the birthday of Mittal, the famous industrialist Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, known as ‘Steag King’. Mittal, who came in the list of top-10 rich of the world at one time, has turned 75 today. Born on June 15, 1950, Lakshmi Mittal is an industrialist of Indian origin in London. Let’s know, the journey from his common man to become a global steel king

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal was born on 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur in Churu district of Rajasthan. In the 1960s, Mittal’s family moved to Kolkata, where his father used to run a steel mill. Mittal worked in the mill while studying science at St. Xavier’s College. After graduation, he worked as a trainee in the mill.

Arcelor Mittal Company formed in the year 1976

He moved to Indonesia in 1976, where he established a small steel company, which is today known as Arcelor Mittal, the world’s second largest steel manufacturer company. In 2004, Mittal Steel was established after the merger of Ispat International and LNM Holdings and the simultaneous acquisition of the International Steel Group. Soon after, in 2006, Mittal Steel began a bid for merger with the Arcelor, which led to the construction of Arcelor Mittal.

Many awards honored
He was also awarded several awards for steel development. In 1996, he was awarded the ‘Willy Corf Steel Vision Award’ by New Steel in the United States by New Steel in the ‘Steelmaker of the Year’ and in the Global Steel Development in 1998 by World Steel Dynamics for entrepreneurship, leadership and success. In 2004, he was named ‘International Newsmaker of the Year’ by Fortune magazine’s ‘European Businessman of the Year’ and Sade Times ‘Business Person of the Year’, Time magazine. In 2006, he was named ‘Person of the Year’ by the Financial Times. In January 2007, Mittal was awarded Fellowship from King’s College London, the highest award of the college.

Padma Vibhushan honored

In January 2008, Mittal was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honor by the President of India.

Executive Chairman of Arcelor Mittal made in February 2021
Mittal is identified today as a famous global businessman and is working on the board of different advisory councils. Apart from this, he is active in the field of education and child health. Apart from his role in Arcelor Mittal, Mittal is an active partner of different boards and advisory councils. He is the chairman of the board of Eparum and a member of the Board of Goldman Sachs. Lakshmi N. Mittal became the executive chairman of Arcelor Mittal in February 2021. Earlier, he was the Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal.