Does anyone have any more information about Mittal? If not the usual Wilipedia bullshit, then Bill should be hammering down his door right now!

The London-based, Rajasthan born steel baron is the Chairman and CEO of Mittal Steel Company and the world?s 3rd richest man.

Lakshmi Narayan Mittal also known as Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is a billionaire industrialist, born in Rajasthan, India in 1950. Lakshmi graduated from St. Xavier?s College in Calcutta where he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He later married Usha Mittal, and had a son and daughter.

Mittal began his career working in the family?s steelmaking business in India, and has over 30 years of experience working in steel and related industries. Mittal founded the company Mittal Steel (formerly the LNM Group) in 1976 and has been responsible for the development of its businesses ever since. Mittal Steel is a global steel producer with operations in 14 countries.

Mittal pioneered the development of integrated mini-mills and the use of Direct Reduced Iron or ?DRI? as a scrap substitute for steelmaking and led the consolidation process of the global steel industry. Mittal Steel is the largest steelmaker in the world, with shipments of 42.1 million tons of steel and profits of over $22 billion in 2004.

Mittal was awarded Fortune magazines ?European Businessman of the Year 2004? and also ?Steelmaker of the Year? in 1996 by New Steel, and the ?Willy Korf Steel Vision Award? in 1998, for outstanding vision, entrepreneurship, leadership and success in global steel development from American Metal Market and PaineWeber?s World Steel Dynamics. In 2002 he was involved in a political scandal with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, when a donation he made to the Labour party led to Blair’s intervention in a business deal flavoring Mittal, it was announced later he donated £2 million to the Labour Party.

Mittal is an active philanthropist and a member of a few trusts. Mittal is a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the International Investment Council in South Africa, the World Economic Forum?s International Business Council and the International Iron and Steel Institute?s Executive Committee. He is a Director of ICICI Bank Limited and is on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management in the U.S. In March 2005, Forbes Magazine named him the 3rd richest man in the world and the richest non-American, with an estimated wealth of US$25 billion.

He is the wealthiest person in Britain. His house in Kensington, bought in 2003 for $128 million is the most expensive house ever purchased. He also paid upwards of $55 million to host his daughter’s wedding celebration in Versailles in 2004.

Hold on!!!!

He works in steel, he could build us a new stadium.

Beg him to invest!

5th richest man in world, allegedly. Yes please

Even if it is true,Bill doesnt want to sell and why should he? People seem to think that once someone makes an offer for the club that BK has no right to say "No,its mine and I want to keep it"

where has the story/rumour of him wanting to invest in everton come from? does anyone have a source or is it just wishful thinking?

I think this i wishful thinking by people who think money is the answer to all things.

Dan,
Hasn’t Bill always said he’d hand over the reigns to anyone who would invest substantially in Everton? I thought he and his board have been looking 24/7/30, 31 or 28 (29 in a leap year) for investment. Presumably, Mr Mittal wasn’t in when EFC knocked. Or perhaps all his money is ring-fenced for other ventures.

Phil,
He has also said that he will hand over the reins once he has taken them as far as he can and I dont think that he thinks that he has yet and neither do I! Also,looking for investment doesnt mean selling up otherwise it would be called ’looking for a buyer’ and hasnt he already found investment in Robert Earl and Tesco??

Let’s face it Wiki isn’t the most scientifically accurate place to get info. is it? Anyone could have posted that. Could even have been LCC!

It was probably edited by the CIA or the FBI.

Well, Dan, we’ll see
He may think taking us to Kirkby is as far as he can go and reluctantly sell up after the move. And the way the PR is going, I’d have thought Tesco was a charity not an investor.

It will be one in the eye for all the short sighted blues out there who said no one would ever invest in Everton! if it materialised of course! But it just goes to show nothing is ever black and white....And by that I mean people saying we will be up shit creek without a paddle if we dont go to kirkby. Follow, Follow Follow, Everton are the team to Follow,
there aint nobody better than Mittell and Arteta theres the best little foreigners we know!!!!

Come and get us Mittal!

Nick, get a letter through his door if you know where he lives!

Does this Mittal character live within the city boudaries ?

To quote Raymond Chandler circa 1939
- "There’s no clean way to make $100 million" - so adjust for inflation & ask do you want to be associated with this guy????

You all know that anyone can edit data in wikipedia, right? Any Evertonian could have looked up one of the richest men and decided to put Everton’s name in the hat.

Anyone who believes a Wikipedia entry is crackers. End of.

joey,
Mr Mittal is currently ex-boundaries (although he used to live in Caryl Gardens) but his footprint will fit easily into the Scottie Rd site.

i have his number if you want. I’m his son-in-law