Aditya Mittal

Aditya Mittal (born 22 January 1976) is an Indian Business heir and the CEO of ArcelorMittal which was founded by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked 21st in the 2012 Forbes list of billionaires. Education and career Born in India and raised in Indonesia, Mittal attended high school at Jakarta International School. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US, from which he graduated 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 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 ArcelorMittal. In 2009, he was ranked 4th in Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40" list.