Sajjan Jindal, the chairman and managing director of JSW Group, was on February 23 awarded as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) 2022.
Jindal will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) to be held at Monte Carlo in June 2023.
The seven-member jury, headed by KV Kamath, former chairman of ICICI Bank, awarded the EOY to Jindal for his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey in building a US$ 22 billion revenue conglomerate, a global conglomerate with presence in steel, cement, infrastructure, energy and paints.
Earning the sobriquet of ‘Man of Steel’, Sajjan Jindal was the first representative from India to serve as the chairman of the World Steel Association.