Megha Mittal

Megha Mittal
Born
Megha Patodia

(1976-11-20) 20 November 1976 (age 48)
Alma materWharton School of Business
SpouseAditya Mittal

Megha Mittal (born 20 November 1976 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian fashion entrepreneur. She is the former Chairperson and Managing Director of the German fashion luxury brand Escada.[1]

She is the daughter-in-law of Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian billionaire businessman.[2]

She is a member on the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School since June 2020.[3] She and her husband, Aditya Mittal, actively donate to philanthropic causes related to child health both in India and the UK.[4]

Education and career

Megha is the daughter of Mahendra Kumar Patodia of Hyderabad[5] She completed her schooling from Hyderabad Public School.[2]

Mittal graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1997, with a B.S. in Economics with concentration in Finance. She subsequently joined the Investment Bank Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in the Research Department. In 2003, she obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Architectural Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design in London.[6] Mittal left Goldman Sachs after one year.[7]

In November 2009, she acquired Escada and revamped the company into a modern luxury and lifestyle brand.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Escada Corporate 2011". Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Meet daughter-in-law of Indian billionaire with Rs 1,24,280 crore net worth, she's ex-analyst, fashion entrepreneur". DNA India.
  3. ^ "Board of Advisors". Wharton Executive Boards.
  4. ^ Editor, Sophie Goodchild, Health (12 April 2012). "Mittals' £15m gift to Great Ormond Street is a record". Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "'Lakshmi for the world, Niwas for us".
  6. ^ Kuehnen, Eva (6 November 2009). "Megha shows Mittal family steel in fashion coup". Reuters India. Retrieved 15 April 2010.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ Comstock, Courtney (18 February 2011). "A 34-Year Old Billionaire Heiress Who Used To Work For Goldman Just Bought Escada". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ^ Kuehnen, Eva (5 November 2009). "Megha Mittal to buy luxury fashion house Escada". Reuters. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  9. ^ Odell, Amy (6 November 2009). "Escada Sold to 33-Year-Old Megha Mittal". New York Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2010.


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