Sajjan Jindal | |
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Born |
Hissar, Haryana |
5 December 1959
Residence |
Malabar Hill Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Chairman, Managing Director of JSW Steel |
Spouse(s) | Sangita Jindal |
Website | www.jsw.in |
Sajjan Jindal is an Indian businessman. He is the Chairman, Managing Director of JSW Group of companies diversified in steel, mining, energy, ports, infrastructure and software business. JSW Steel is India's second largest private steel producer. JSW Steel has formed a strategic tie-up with the world's sixth largest and Japan's second largest steel producer JFE Steel. JSW Steel is also pursuing an ambitious expansion plan. He is also the immediate ex-President of the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
He is one of the sons of Indian businessman and parliamentarian, Om Prakash Jindal. His youngest brother, Naveen, is a former Member of Parliament of India from the Indian National Congress party. He represented Kurukshetra constituency from the state of Haryana till 2014. According to Forbes, Jindal family led by Savitri Jindal is worth US$ 5.1 billion, as of 2016.
Sajjan and his brothers, Prithviraj, Ratan and Naveen, each run their own businesses that were primarily inherited from their father.
Sajjan Jindal holds B.E in Mechanical Engineering from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore being affiliated from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka which was earlier under Bangalore University, Bangalore.