Sanjeev Gupta
Executive Chairman
Sanjeev Gupta is the Executive Chairman of GFG Alliance, which encompasses global businesses and investments primarily in the steel, mining, energy, and aluminium sectors.
GFG Alliance generates approximately $6 billion in revenue and employs over 16,500 people across the world. Together with his wife, Nicola, he founded the GFG Foundation, a charity focused on fostering industrial skills among young people.
Born into an industrialist family in Punjab, India, Sanjeev was educated in the UK, graduating with an MA in Economics and Management from the University of Cambridge. He founded LIBERTY House Group in 1992 while still an undergraduate, rapidly expanding as a global commodities trader. In 2015, he began his industrial journey by purchasing and restarting his first steel mill in the UK, pioneering the Green Steel concept that integrates steel recycling with renewable power.
Sanjeev now leads LIBERTY Steel Group. His investment strategy emphasises sustainability and low-carbon steel production, utilising steel recycling, renewable energy, and innovative technologies like hydrogen. The group’s ambition is to become carbon neutral years ahead of the industry norm.
Sanjeev and Nicola reside in Dubai with their three children.