Mining Magazine September 2017 | Page 33

TOP 10 MINING BILLIONAIRES

2LAKSHMI MITTAL

Mittal serves as the CEO of ArcelorMittal , which is the biggest steelmaking business across the globe . Although his net worth has dropped in recent years due to commodity process , he is still far ahead of most of his peers in terms of professional output . He is still the world ’ s largest steelmaker despite a 20 % drop in revenue in 2015 . The peak of Mittal ’ s net worth was over $ 69bn in 2008 , at the height of steel prices . He is still the sixth richest person ($ 16.4bn net worth ) in his native India .
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