Ratan Jindal

Ratan Jindal is a Commerce graduate and alumni of Wharton School of Management, Mr Ratan Jindal is the Chairman of India’s largest stainless steel manufacturing group, Jindal Stainless. Part of the USD 25 billion (March 2019) OP Jindal Group, the foundation of Jindal Stainless was laid with its incorporation in 1970. Under his stewardship, the Company has grown from a producer of basic stainless steel products to a USD 2.70 billion (March'21) consortia, providing state-of-the-art stainless steel solutions.

Known for his technical proficiency and intimate knowledge of customers and markets, Mr Jindal is synonymous to stainless steel in India. As a vanguard of innovation in the steel industry, his focus has not only been on producing world-class stainless steel products, but also on promoting the usage of stainless steel in myriad applications. His vision for Jindal Stainless is to improve the lives of people by producing and promoting a metal that is corrosion-resistant, durable, infinitely recyclable, and inherently stainless.

Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limoited has an annual capacity to produce 0.8 million tonnes of stainless steel. The company provides home and kitchen solutions through its subsidiary, JSL Lifestyle Limited. Mr Jindal has expanded the frontiers of Jindal Stainless to reach a global audience. Jindal Stainless Steelway Limited, the service-centre arm of the JSHL, offers tailor-made solutions to customers across the country. JSL Lifestyle, a subsidiary of JSHL, provides modern lifestyle products, such as stainless steel kitchens, home and street furniture, and other contemporary stainless steel products.

Social commitments remain as central to Mr Jindal’s businesses as they were to the founder of the Jindal Group, Shri OP Jindal. Established in Hisar, by the group, the 600-bedded multi-specialty charitable hospital and the renowned VDJ School (VDJS) and the OP Jindal Modern School stand testimony to this commitment. The Company undertakes several initiatives at the plant level to empower local communities through self-reliance. The interventions include technical & vocational training, micro-financing & livelihood generation, tailoring, farming & poultry training, and environment conservation drives.

True to his sportsman spirit, Mr Jindal is a keen golfer and takes avid interest in tennis and cricket.