Talk:Sanjeev Gupta

Some proposed changes
I am new to Wikipedia :) In the interest of transparency I am an employee of GFG Alliance, of which Sanjeev Gupta is the Executive Chairman--Ben at GFG (talk) 07:31, 13 November 2019 (UTC). I would like to provide some additional factual content to enhance the biography and include some citations which are currently missing for Wikipedia editors/editorial consideration.

Edit to introduction, first sentence stays as it is, from second sentence: He is the executive chairman and CEO of the GFG (Gupta Family Group) Alliance which employs more than 30,000 people worldwide and has a turnover of $20 billion.[2] GFG Alliance is an international group and network of member businesses that operate around the world and span metals and engineering, mining, energy generation, engineering, a skills and education-focused charitable foundation, financial services and a property portfolio. The businesses are clustered in key brands: Liberty (an integrated industrial and metals group) ; SIMEC (resources and infrastructure) ; JAHAMA (global property and asset management group) ; and Wyelands (financial services) In the parents section, add: mother Reshma Trading roots Additional content and citations to second sentence: In 2009, Liberty House Group acquired steel plants in Africa. A year later in 2010, Liberty established a regional Asia hub in Singapore. It set up a regional hub for China in Hong Kong in 2012. Add citation to second sentence in the first paragraph: The business was formally re-launched as Liberty Steel Newport in October 2015 Rewording of seventh paragraph: In November 2016, Gupta finalised his purchase of Tungsten Bank, and renamed it Wyelands Bank, drawing inspiration from the name of his country house estate Wyelands. Add paragraph after eighth paragraph, starting and ending "In November 2016 ... Bolton and Wednesbury". New par: In December 2016, GFG Alliance completed acquisition of Britain’s last remaining aluminium smelter at Fort William in Lochaber, together with hydro-power plants at Fort William and Kinlochleven. Correction to the timeline and reference to Arrium acquisition: In August 2017, Gupta acquired the Arrium steel and mining business in Australia, encompassing primary steelmaking, recycling, distribution and iron ore mining.[21] The new business is conducted under the Liberty brand. Additional paragraphs proposed to update this section so it is factually correct and up to date: Also in 2017, Gupta – via Liberty – entered the North American market with the acquisition of the Georgetown steelworks. The US presence was extended with Liberty’s acquisition of Export Metals, Tampa, in 2018, before completion of the purchase of Keystone Consolidated Industries, the leading integrated wire rod and wire products producer in the US, in 2019. In 2018, GFG Alliance acquired Aluminium Dunkerque, the largest aluminium smelter in Europe, and AR Industries, the last French manufacturer of aluminium wheels. In April 2019, GFG Alliance completed acquisition of a second bank in the UK, which was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Bank. The bank aims to help UK businesses trade internationally with a focus on emerging and Commonwealth markets. In July 2019, GFG Alliance doubled its workforce through the completion of Liberty’s acquisition of seven major steelworks and five service centres across seven European countries from Accelor Mittal. Amend last par in the Industrial Expansion section to reflect current operational footprint of GFG Alliance: He has been dubbed the man who can save[22] the British steel industry[23] through an approach called Greensteel,[14] and has since been working to apply this model to operations in other countries including Australia[24], the US[25] and within European countries. Propose new section be added Gupta and his wife Nicola founded a charity, the GFG Foundation, in February 2017. The Foundation aims to develop new programs and support existing initiatives which develop skills of young people to help them reach their potential and boost employment prospects. The GFG Foundation has a focus on programs to help young people to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related industries – most notably engineering, metals and renewable energy. The Foundation expanded in 2019 to Australia with the launch of its first program in Whyalla, South Australia. Additional content proposed, two new paragraphs: In March 2018, HRH The Prince of Wales appointed Gupta as an official HRH Ambassador for Industrial Cadets, the flagship programme designed to give children and young people direct structured experience of industry while still at school or college. Gupta is also a member of the invitation-only Wall Street Journal CEO council. Amendment to the second last sentence and addition of a final sentence for factual accuracy: They have three children[28][16][17] and reside primarily at their country house estate, Wyelands. They also have a residence in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
 * Introduction
 * Personal details summary box
 * Career
 * Industrial expansion
 * Skills and Education
 * Awards and recognition
 * Personal life

Ben at GFG (talk) 07:31, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Reply 14-NOV-2019

 * 1) ✅ The claim regarding the subject's mother was added to the infobox.
 * 2) ❌ The other claims were not added. The reasons for this are elaborated upon in the collapsed section of text below titled Proposal counter-suggestions:

Regards, Spintendo  16:34, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up questions on proposed bio changes
--Ben at GFG (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2019 (UTC) Thank you Spintendo ] for your advice. I will review and adjust my changes and resubmit, however I have some follow up questions for you. The biography as it currently stands includes: a) references/citations to corporate website and brochures and b) references to company activity. Part of my initial proposed changes were to reflect updated company facts and figures (eg, size of the company) to ensure factual accuracy, and to update the existing company activity timeline so it is current. My intent is to bring existing content that is in the bio (which include company activities) up to date, rather than introduce new types of content altogether. Can you advise how best I can do this given your earlier advice - it seems contrary given the content is already published as part of the current bio. Look forward to hearing from you :) [[User:Ben at GFG|Ben at GFG (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit request
--Ben at GFG (talk) 05:00, 20 November 2019 (UTC)I am an employee of GFG Alliance, of which Sanjeev Gupta is the Executive Chairman. I've taken on board feedback received on this talk page and my user page. Please find below revised proposed changes to the introduction and career-trading roots sections to ensure bio is factually correct and up to date.

Introduction:

Rewrite of second paragraph to update facts, figures and citations. • He is the executive chairman and CEO of the GFG (Gupta Family Group) Alliance which employs more than 30,000 people worldwide and has a turnover of $20 billion.

Changes to Career – Trading Roots section:

Adding missing details and citations in a rewrite of the second sentence. • In 2009, Liberty House Group acquired steel plants in Africa. A year later in 2010, Liberty established a regional Asia hub in Singapore and a hub for China in Hong Kong in 2012. Ben at GFG (talk) 05:00, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

--Ben at GFG (talk) 04:54, 21 November 2019 (UTC) I am am employee of GFG Alliance. Adding citation to the second sentence in the first paragraph: •	The business was formally re-launched as Liberty Steel Newport in October 2015. Ben at GFG (talk) 04:54, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

--Ben at GFG (talk) 22:55, 27 November 2019 (UTC) I am an employee of GFG Alliance. Adding detail to correct and bring up to date business activity outlined in the Career-industry expansion section.

Additional content to complete existing timeline of activity. Correction of some timeline and brand name inaccuracies. New paragraph after 8th par:

•	In December 2016, GFG Alliance completed acquisition of Britain’s last remaining aluminium smelter at Fort William in Lochaber, together with hydro-power plants at Fort William and Kinlochleven

Correction of timeline (in the existing 9th paragraph):

•	In August 2017, Gupta acquired the Arrium steel and mining business in Australia, encompassing primary steelmaking, recycling, distribution and iron ore mining.[21] The new business is conducted under the Liberty OneSteel brand.

New and updated content to bring the current timeline of activity up to date. This content should follow the existing 9th paragraph to complete and update the timeline.

•	In December 2017, Gupta entered the North American market with the acquisition of the Georgetown steelworks. The US presence was extended with Liberty’s acquisition of Export Metals, Tampa, in March 2018. Gupta then purchased Keystone Consolidated Industries, the leading integrated wire rod and wire products producer in the US, in December 2018.

•	In December 2018, Gupta also acquired Aluminium Dunkerque, the largest aluminium smelter in Europe. This followed the earlier acquisition of AR Industries, the last French manufacturer of aluminium wheels.

•	In April 2019, Gupta completed acquisition of a second bank in the UK, which was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Bank.

•	In July 2019, Gupta doubled the GFG Alliance workforce through the acquisition of seven major steelworks and five service centres across seven European countries from Accelor Mittal. In October 2019, Gupta announced a consolidation of his global steel businesses to form Liberty Steel Group, a single legal entity. Liberty Steel Group aims to be the world’s first carbon neutral steel company by 2030.

•	He has been dubbed the man who can save[22] the British steel industry[23] through an approach called Greensteel,[14] and has since been working to apply this model to operations in other countries including Australia[24], the US[25] and Europe. Ben at GFG (talk) 22:55, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

--Ben at GFG (talk) 23:16, 27 November 2019 (UTC) I am an employee of GFG Alliance. Proposed addition of a new section to be added to Sanjeev Gupta's profile, outlining his charity.

Charity

Gupta and his wife Nicola founded a charity, the GFG Foundation, in February 2017. The Foundation aims to develop new programs and support existing initiatives which develop skills of young people to help them reach their potential and boost employment prospects. The GFG Foundation has a focus on programs to help young people to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related industries – most notably engineering, metals and renewable energy. The Foundation expanded in 2019 to Australia with the launch of its first program in Whyalla, South Australia .Ben at GFG (talk) 23:16, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

--Ben at GFG (talk) 00:14, 28 November 2019 (UTC) I am an employee of GFG Adding recent awards and honours to bring this existing section up to date. These are additional paragraphs to add to existing content in this section:

In March 2018, HRH The Prince of Wales appointed Gupta as an official HRH Ambassador for Industrial Cadets, the flagship programme designed to give children and young people direct structured experience of industry while still at school or college. Gupta is also a member of the invitation-only Wall Street Journal CEO council .--Ben at GFG (talk) 00:14, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

--Ben at GFG (talk) 00:44, 28 November 2019 (UTC) I am an employee of GFG Alliance. Update to the Personal life section to be factually correct, and adding a more recent citation.

Amendment to the fourth sentence. Update to fifth sentence with recent citation, and adding a new sentence to this section:

They have three children[28][16][17] and reside primarily at their country house estate, Wyelands. They also have a residence in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Sanjeev Gupta and his British-based family has no connection to the Gupta family in South Africa.

--Ben at GFG (talk) 01:10, 28 November 2019 (UTC) I am an employee of GFG Alliance. Correcting some 'check date' values on citations.

citation 6 update:

citation 11 update:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben at GFG (talk • contribs) 01:10, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Reply 05-DEC-2019
Regards, Spintendo  05:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The requested prose states that Gupta himself is the one who purchased many of these companies, when the references state that the purchaser was GFG Alliance. That would make this information germane to an article on GFG Alliance rather than Gupta himself.
 * In the awards section, the subject Industrial Cadets has not been Wikilinked.
 * The charity section is germane to an article on the GFG Foundation.