At 32 years of age, Aditya Mittal, CFO of ArcelorMittal, is remarkably young for his role in a company of 310,000 employees and that last year saw sales of $105bn. But his youth has proved little, if any barrier to him transforming ArcelorMittal – the company that his father, Lakshmi Mittal, heads and majority owns – into one of the world’s most successful companies.
In this audio clip, he talks to Peter Marsh, the FT’s manufacturing editor, about his forecast for the steel industry in the face of the recent economic slowdown, growth plans for ArcelorMittal, and proving his capabilities beyond carrying the family name.
