… Lakshmi Mittal are numbers one, two and three in this year’s Forbes’ billionaires list.
In raw dollars, no one had a better year that Lakshmi Mittal. The London-based, Rajasthan-born steel baron was the biggest dollar gainer on this year’s listing of the world’s billionaires, adding $18.8 billion to his net worth. That took him to $25 billion, sufficient to vault the 54-year old Mittal a full 59 places up the billionaire ranks, making him the third-richest man on the planet. [cite]
That puts him just ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud and the head of Ikea. He is roughly 35 times as wealthy as the Queen of England. Rumors persist that he is planning to marry Famke Jansen and change his last name to Onatopp. Similar rumors persist that you can get in touch with Mr. Mittal by leaving a comment in this blog asking for his email address, and that Bill Gates is giving away money to anybody who forwards chain emails claiming to be from him.
Read Forbes on Mittal, or see our previous posts about him: World’s biggest steel company will be desi-owned, Forbes names India’s richest.
World’s third richest. Third world’s richest. Its all good.
Similar rumors persist that you can get in touch with Mr. Mittal by leaving a comment in this blog asking for his email address :-D!
You would think for all his prosperity he would be able to afford better plumage for his noggin than that dried out coconut husk weave he’s sporting…
Claim to fame: I used to tutor his son-in-law (Amit Bhatia – or should it now be Amit Mittal) physics and maths in high-school – we went to the same school in Delhi. In exchange he gave me some ‘woman’ advice… and I wasn’t even invited to the wedding 🙁 How soon people forget!
Him and The Donald both…
I think we should call him The Mittal
DEAR MR. MUTINY,
MY NAME IS MRS FU LING YU, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL/LEGAL ADVISER TO LATE HEAD OF STATE OF BFE. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS FROM A FRIEND AND WISH TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOTIFY YOU OF AN EXISTING AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER FROM THE ACCOUNT OF MR. LAKSHMI MITTAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I WILL NEED MR. MITTAL’S PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION. I LOOK FORWARD FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.
YOURS SINCERELY,
Dear MRS FU LING YU,
Would be happy to comply. All I need from you is a photo of you in your underwear, and funds will be transferred forewith.
Happily, The Mutiny