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Old June 11, 2007, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Electrequiem
This is good news. And I dont think it's actually and Indian Investment, as Mittal Steel are based on UK.

Some trivia on Lakshmi Mittal, owner and CEO of MIttal Steel:

***World's 5th richest person, with a fortune surpassing $32 BIllion.
***"He paid over £30 million/$65 million to host his daughter Vanisha's wedding celebration in Vaux La Vicomte on 22 June, 2004 and an engagement ceremony at the Palace of Versailles on 20 June 2004, the world's most expensive wedding ever."
***His house in Kensington, London uses marble taken from the same quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal The extravegant show of wealth has been deemed the "Taj Mittal."
***His residence at 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens was bought from Formula One car racing boss Bernie Ecclesstone in 2004 for £57.1 million ($105.7 million), the world's highest price ever paid for a house.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi...ersonal_wealth

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3830009.stm

Edit: Whoops sorry. totally missed it somehow

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