Megha Mittal | |
Birth Name: | Megha Patodia |
Birth Date: | 1976 11, df=y |
Alma Mater: | Wharton School of Business |
Spouse: | Aditya 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.
She is a member on the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School since June 2020.[2] She and her husband, Aditya Mittal, actively donate to philanthropic causes related to child health both in India and the UK.[3]
Megha is the daughter of Mahendra Kumar Patodia of Hyderabad[4] She completed her schooling from Hyderabad Public School.[5]
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]