Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian businessman who is currently the Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaking company. He was born in 1950 in Sadalpur, India and educated at St. Xavier's College in Kolkata. Mittal started his career in steel by acquiring a steel mill in Indonesia in 1976 and continued acquiring and merging steel companies across the globe. By 2006, he had merged Mittal Steel and Arcelor to form ArcelorMittal, becoming the largest steelmaker in the world. Today, Mittal continues to lead ArcelorMittal and has a net worth of over $13 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world