Lakshmi Mittal is the Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal. He is chairman of the board of Aperam and a member of the board of Goldman Sachs. He previously sat on the board of Airbus N.V. He is a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the National Investment Council of Ukraine, the Global CEO Council of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, the World Steel Association’s Executive Committee, the European Round Table of Industrialists, the Indian School of Business and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Cleveland Clinic.

In 2017, the Mittal family made a significant gift to Harvard University, where Mr. Mittal is a member of the Global Advisory Council, to support the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. The Mittal family has also made important gifts to the Great Ormond Street Hospital, supporting the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre which formally opened in January 2018, and UNICEF, specifically on the topic of child malnutrition in India.

In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honor, by the President of India. In 2007 he also received the Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Leadership Award, the Grand Cross of Civil Merit from Spain, and was named AIST Steelmaker of the year. He has also received numerous awards in steel, leadership, and business.