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	'''Sanjeev Gupta''' (born September 1971) is an Indian-born British businessman, and the founder of [[Liberty House Group]].<ref name="guardian_1">{{cite news\|last1=Doshi\|first1=Vidhi\|title=Sanjeev Gupta: from college dorm deals to UK steel's great hope\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/06/sanjeev-gupta-uk-steel-tata\|accessdate=10 April 2016\|publisher=The Guardian\|date=6 April 2016}}</ref> He is the CEO and chairman of [[GFG Alliance]], an international conglomerate that operates primarily in the steel and mining industries.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.gfgalliance.com/about-us/\|title=About Us {{!}} GFG Alliance\|work=GFG Alliance\|access-date=2018-06-22\|language=en-GB}}</ref> Following the collapse of [[Greensill Capital]] in 2021, Sanjeev Gupta has been under scrutiny for his ties to the failed company, which involved opaque financing and sales invoices that Greensill's administrator has been unable to verify.		'''Sanjeev Gupta''' (born September 1971) is an Indian-born British businessman, and the founder of [[Liberty House Group]].<ref name="guardian_1">{{cite news\|last1=Doshi\|first1=Vidhi\|title=Sanjeev Gupta: from college dorm deals to UK steel's great hope\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/06/sanjeev-gupta-uk-steel-tata\|accessdate=10 April 2016\|publisher=The Guardian\|date=6 April 2016}}</ref> He is the CEO and chairman of [[GFG Alliance]], an international conglomerate that operates primarily in the steel and mining industries.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.gfgalliance.com/about-us/\|title=About Us {{!}} GFG Alliance\|work=GFG Alliance\|access-date=2018-06-22\|language=en-GB}}</ref> Following the collapse of [[Greensill Capital]] in 2021, Sanjeev Gupta has been under scrutiny for his ties to the failed company, which involved opaque financing and sales invoices that Greensill's administrator has been unable to verify.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Browning \|first1=Jonathan \|title=UK to investigate audits into Greensill and Gupta’s bank \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/uk-to-investigate-audits-into-greensill-and-gupta-s-bank-20210628-p5851y.html \|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald \|access-date=2021-06-28}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	===Awards and recognition===		===Awards and recognition===
	The HRH Prince of Wales appointed Gupta as an official HRH Ambassador for Industrial Cadets in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Prince Charles appoints Indian-origin steel tycoon as UK skills ambassador \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/prince-charles-appoints-indian-origin-steel-tycoon-as-uk-skills-ambassador/articleshow/63214043.cms \|date=8 March 2018 \|work=The Economic Times \|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>		The HRH Prince of Wales appointed Gupta as an official HRH Ambassador for Industrial Cadets in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Prince Charles appoints Indian-origin steel tycoon as UK skills ambassador \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/prince-charles-appoints-indian-origin-steel-tycoon-as-uk-skills-ambassador/articleshow/63214043.cms \|date=8 March 2018 \|work=The Economic Times \|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

			==Controversies==

	=== Ties to Greensill Capital ===		=== Ties to Greensill Capital ===
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Gupta's wife Nicola is from [[Canvey Island]], Essex, and was the treasurer of his company.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web\|last=Meechan \|first=Brian \|date=12 April 2016 \|title=Who is Sanjeev Gupta? \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36016578 \|website=BBC \|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta had kept ~~the~~ relationship secret for seven years before they married in 2008, the family's first cross-cultural marriage.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web \|last=Pagano \|first=Margareta \|date=1 February 2016 \|title=Putting the steel back into British industry \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sanjeev-gupta-interview-putting-the-steel-back-into-british-industry-a6847896.html \|website=The Independent \|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta and his wife own [[Wyelands]], a country house estate near [[Chepstow]] in Wales and have a residence in Sydney, Australia ([[Bomera and Tarana\|Bomera]], a 19th-century home in [[Potts Point, New South Wales\|Potts Point]]).<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sweeney \|first=Nila \|date=15 October 2019 \|title=Sanjeev Gupta buys Potts Point trophy home \|url=https://www.afr.com/property/residential/sanjeev-gupta-buys-potts-point-trophy-home-20191015-p530ts \|website=Australian Financial Review \|language=en \|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> They have three children.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/>		Gupta's wife Nicola is from [[Canvey Island]], Essex, and was the treasurer of his company.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web\|last=Meechan \|first=Brian \|date=12 April 2016 \|title=Who is Sanjeev Gupta? \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36016578 \|website=BBC \|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta had kept his relationship with Nicola Crumpton secret for seven years before they married in 2008, the family's first cross-cultural marriage.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web \|last=Pagano \|first=Margareta \|date=1 February 2016 \|title=Putting the steel back into British industry \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sanjeev-gupta-interview-putting-the-steel-back-into-british-industry-a6847896.html \|website=The Independent \|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta and his wife own [[Wyelands]], a country house estate near [[Chepstow]] in Wales and have a residence in Sydney, Australia ([[Bomera and Tarana\|Bomera]], a 19th-century home in [[Potts Point, New South Wales\|Potts Point]]).<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sweeney \|first=Nila \|date=15 October 2019 \|title=Sanjeev Gupta buys Potts Point trophy home \|url=https://www.afr.com/property/residential/sanjeev-gupta-buys-potts-point-trophy-home-20191015-p530ts \|website=Australian Financial Review \|language=en \|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> They have three children.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/>

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Sanjeev Gupta''' (born September 1971) is an Indian-born British businessman, and the founder of [[Liberty House Group]].<ref name="guardian_1">{{cite news|last1=Doshi|first1=Vidhi|title=Sanjeev Gupta: from college dorm deals to UK steel's great hope|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/06/sanjeev-gupta-uk-steel-tata|accessdate=10 April 2016|publisher=The Guardian|date=6 April 2016}}</ref> He is the CEO and chairman of [[GFG Alliance]], an international conglomerate that operates primarily in the steel and mining industries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gfgalliance.com/about-us/|title=About Us {{!}} GFG Alliance|work=GFG Alliance|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en-GB}}</ref> Following the collapse of [[Greensill Capital]] in 2021, Sanjeev Gupta has been under scrutiny for his ties to the failed company, which involved opaque financing and sales invoices that Greensill's administrator has been unable to verify.

==Early life==

Gupta was born in [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India,<ref name="ft">{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c68f2216-fce7-11e5-b3f6-11d5706b613b.html|title=Sanjeev Gupta – the trader aspiring to be a steel baron|date=8 April 2016|publisher=Financial Times|last1=Ford|first1=Jonathan|accessdate=10 April 2016}}</ref> the third of four children of Parduman K Gupta<ref name=":0"/> who founded the [[SIMEC Group]]. Both his father and grandfather were industrialists and businessmen. At age 13 he was enrolled at [[St Edmund's School]], Canterbury, UK as a boarder.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/06/sanjeev-gupta-uk-steel-tata|title=Sanjeev Gupta: from college dorm deals to UK steel's great hope|first=Vidhi|last=Doshi|date=6 April 2016|publisher=|accessdate=8 December 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> After completing his A-levels he spent his gap year selling bicycles in [[Turkey]] for his father<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36016578|title=Who is Sanjeev Gupta?|first=Brian|last=Meechan|date=12 April 2016|publisher=|accessdate=8 December 2017|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> before enrolling to study Economics at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="guardian_1" /> It is there that in February 1992 he founded the Liberty House Group. When the business was generating £1m a day, he switched to economics with management, a move which he claims freed up time to work on the business.<ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
=== Trading roots ===
Initially, Liberty House traded steel, rice, sugar, [[Fast-moving consumer goods|FMCG]], engineering and other goods<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://qz.com/975470/the-tycoon-from-punjab-who-swam-against-the-tide-to-rescue-the-british-steel-industry/|title=The tycoon from Punjab who swam against the tide to rescue the British steel industry|last=Balachandran|first=Manu|work=Quartz|access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-US}}</ref> as a part of the family business but it soon diversified into specific commodities and brought together the trading business under three categories—steel, chemicals, and agriculture.<ref name=":0" /> In 2009, it entered steel making, buying plants in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chronicleillinois.com/news/peoria-county-news/british-industrialist-buys-130-year-old-peoria-based-steel-rod-plant/|title=British industrialist buys 130-year-old Peoria-based steel rod plant|date=2018-12-05|website=Chronicle Media|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> A year later in 2010, it was in Asia, setting up the regional headquarters in Singapore and a hub in Hong Kong in 2012 to focus on China.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

=== Industrial expansion ===
In 2013, Liberty House Group entered the UK through the purchase of Mir Steel UK (previously Aphasteel),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36016578 |title=Tata Steel UK sale: Who is Sanjeev Gupta?|last=Meechan|first=Brian |date=2016-04-12|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref> a steel mill in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], South Wales, stopping it from being shut down. The business was formally re-launched as Liberty Steel Newport in October 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34538681|title=Steelworks reopens after two years|last=Meechan|first=Brian|date=2015-10-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-06|language=en-GB}}</ref> In the two and a half years leading up to the re-opening Gupta kept the entire 150 people workforce<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34538681 |title=Liberty steelworks in Newport reopens after two years|last=Meechan|first=Brian |date=2015-10-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref> on half-pay while he tried to get the mothballed site operating again.<ref name=":1" /> Liberty Steel Newport produces hot rolled coil (HRC) for the following industries: construction, automotive, pipes and tubes, structural hollow sections, highway, yellow goods, materials-handling and power.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.libertyhousegroup.com/our-businesses/liberty-steel/liberty-steel-newport/ |title=Liberty Steel Newport - Liberty House Group|website=www.libertyhousegroup.com |language=en|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref>

In November<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/12022732/Liberty-saves-350-jobs-after-Caparo-steel-empire-topples.html |title=Liberty saves 350 jobs after Caparo steel empire topples|work=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2017-05-25 |language=en}}</ref> and December 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/more-steel-jobs-saved-guptas-10584409 |title=More steel jobs saved as Guptas buy remaining Caparo businesses|last=Kelsey|first=Chris |date=2015-12-11 |work=walesonline|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref> Gupta purchased from administration the UK assets and business of the former Caparo Industries Plc, saving over 1,000 jobs primarily in the West Midlands.

In March 2016 Liberty House reached an agreement for the purchase of the last two previously mothballed steel manufacturing sites in Scotland from [[Tata Steel|Tata Steel UK]]. The deal, which was brokered by the [[Scottish Government]], was completed on 28 April 2016 when Liberty formally acquired the [[Clydebridge Steelworks|Clydebridge]] and [[David Colville & Sons|Dalzell]] steel mills. The Dalzell site which manufactures steel plate was re-launched on 28 September 2016 by Scotland's First Minister [[Nicola Sturgeon]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-37486003 |title='Last' Scottish steelworks at Dalzell plant in Motherwell formally reopens|date=2016-09-28 |work=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In April 2016 when Tata Steel UK announced its intention to sell its UK based operations, Gupta launched a daring bid for the business,<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/sanjeev-guptas-firm-liberty-to-bid-for-tata-steels-port-talbot-unit-today/articleshow/52074401.cms |title=Sanjeev Gupta's firm Liberty to bid for Tata Steel's Port Talbot unit today|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref> and launched Liberty House's Greensteel strategy.<ref name="libertyhousegroup.com"/>

In October 2016, Liberty House launched its steel recycling division called Liberty Metals Recycling.<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/liberty-group-targets-uk-scrap-metal-market/ |title=Liberty Group targets UK scrap metal market - letsrecycle.com|work=letsrecycle.com |access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In November 2016, Gupta finalised his purchase of Tungsten Bank, and renamed it Wyelands Bank, after the country house estate [[Wyelands]] he owns near [[Chepstow]].<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/253758/liberty-house-founder-sanjeev-gupta-completes-purchase|title=Liberty House founder to launch new "industry friendly" UK bank|first=Francesca|last=Washtell|date=16 November 2016|website=cityam.com|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/12/03/sanjeev-gupta-man-sees-opportunity-uk-industry-others-dont/|title=Sanjeev Gupta: the man who sees opportunity in UK industry where others don't|first=Alan|last=Tovey|date=3 December 2016|publisher=|accessdate=22 February 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

In November 2016 Liberty House entered into exclusive negotiations with Tata Steel UK for the acquisition of its speciality steels business<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/28/tata-uk-speciality-steels-sanjeev-gupta-liberty-house |title=Tata to sell UK speciality steels business in £100m deal|last=Ruddick|first=Graham |date=2016-11-28|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-25 |language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> based in West Yorkshire and China. In February 2017 Tata Steel UK and Liberty House signed an agreement on the purchase, and the deal was completed in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/tata-deal-with-liberty-house-saves-1700-uk-steel-jobs |title=Tata deal with Liberty House saves 1,700 UK steel jobs|last=Monaghan|first=Angela |date=2017-05-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The acquisition saved 1,700 jobs across sites in Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Brinsworth, Bolton and Wednesbury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/tata-deal-with-liberty-house-saves-1700-uk-steel-jobs|title=Tata deal with Liberty House saves 1,700 UK steel jobs|first=Angela|last=Monaghan|date=2 May 2017|publisher=|accessdate=8 December 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

In December 2016, the Gupta-led GFG Alliance completed the acquisition of Britain's last aluminium smelter at Fort William in Lochaber, along with the hydro-power plants at Kinlochleven and Fort William.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38347572|title=Major investment for Highlands smelter|date=2016-12-19|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-06|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In August 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/gfg-alliance-completes-acquisition-of-arrium/articleshow/60311440.cms?from=mdr|title=GFG Alliance completes acquisition of Arrium|last=Gaur|first=Vatsala|date=2017-08-31|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> Gupta acquired [[Arrium]]s [[Whyalla Steelworks]] in Australia, encompassing primary steelmaking, recycling, distribution and iron ore mining.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/whyalla-prepares-to-celebrate-arrium-steelworks-sale/8860998 |title=Whyalla steelworks deal signed, with big investment promised |publisher= |newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |authors= Khama Reid and Annabelle Regan |date= 2017-09-01 |accessdate= 2017-10-09}}</ref> The new business is conducted under the [[Arrium|Liberty]] brand.

In December 2017, Gupta entered the US market by acquiring the Georgetown steelworks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/business/london-based-liberty-house-completes-acquisition-of-georgetown-s-steel/article_d39a60d0-e401-11e7-a78b-9ba3ab404204.html|title=London-based Liberty House completes acquisition of Georgetown's steel mill|last=dwren@postandcourier.com|first=David Wren|website=Post and Courier|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> and expanded the US presence by acquiring Export Metals in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/1705798-gfg-alliance-may-buy-more-us-metals-assets-this-week|title=GFG Alliance may buy more US metals assets this week|date=2018-06-26|website=www.argusmedia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> At the end of 2018, he purchased Keystone Consolidated Industries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-liberty-steel-m-a-idUSKBN1O219T|title=Industrialist Sanjeev Gupta buys U.S.-based KCI for $320 million|date=2018-12-03|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-02-06|language=en}}</ref>

During December 2018, Gupta acquired Aluminium Dunkerque,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/23338b08-ffc7-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e|title=Gupta completes $500m deal for Dunkerque smelter |work=Financial Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> the largest aluminium smelter in Europe. This followed the acquisition of AR Industries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://business-review.eu/business/arcelor-mittal-galati-completes-acquisition-of-aluminium-dunkerque-europes-largest-aluminium-smelter-193622|title=Arcelor Mittal Galati completes acquisition of Aluminium Dunkerque, Europe's largest aluminium smelter|date=2018-12-17|website=Business Review|language=ro|access-date=2020-02-06 }}</ref> a French aluminium wheel manufacturer.

In April 2019, Gupta acquired a second bank which he renamed the Commonwealth Trade Bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/sanjeev-gupta-launches-commonwealth-trade-bank-one-eye/|title=Sanjeev Gupta launches Commonwealth Trade Bank with one eye on Brexit|date=2019-04-08|website=CityAM|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> He then doubled the GFG Alliance workforce in July 2019, by acquiring seven steelworks and five service centres across seven countries in continental Europe from [[ArcelorMittal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/df27e920-9bd6-11e9-b8ce-8b459ed04726|title=Gupta completes deal for European assets of Arcelor |work=Financial Times |access-date=2020-02-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In October 2019, Gupta consolidated all his global steel businesses to form Liberty Steel Group, which he announced would aim to be the world's first carbon neutral company by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b87bda52-f9a5-11e9-98fd-4d6c20050229|title=Gupta steel empire aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 |work=Financial Times |access-date=2020-02-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He extended that target to his aluminium businesses, which he grouped together to form ALVANCE Aluminium Group, which he announced in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/gfg-alliance-to-group-aluminium-assets-into-new-firm-based-in-paris-2020-01-20|title=GFG Alliance to group aluminium assets into new firm based in Paris|last=Reuters|first=Contributor Eric Onstad|website=www.nasdaq.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>

He has been dubbed the man who can save<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/838657/uks-man-of-steel-a-tycoon-from-punjab-swam-against-the-tide-to-rescue-british-steel-industry|title=UK's 'Man of Steel': A tycoon from Punjab swam against the tide to rescue British steel industry|last=qz.com|first=Manu Balachandran|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2017-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> the British steel industry<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/09/is-this-the-man-who-can-save-britains-steel-industry/|title=Is this the man who can save Britain's steel industry?|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-GB}}</ref> through an approach called Greensteel,<ref name="libertyhousegroup.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.libertyhousegroup.com/company/vision/|title=GREENSTEEL: A brighter future for UK Steel|website=www.libertyhousegroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref> and has since been working to apply this model of operation to other countries including Australia<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/leadership/can-britains-man-of-steel-sanjeev-gupta-save-whyalla/news-story/4b76694a53a86c68cb0c97619fae8665|title=Can UK man of steel save Whyalla? |work=The Australian|date=20 May 2017}}</ref> and the USA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libertyhouse-m-a-arcelormitta-idUSKBN17N1E9|title=Liberty House to buy ArcelorMittal's U.S. Georgetown steel plant|date=2017-04-21|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref>

===Awards and recognition===
The HRH Prince of Wales appointed Gupta as an official HRH Ambassador for Industrial Cadets in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Prince Charles appoints Indian-origin steel tycoon as UK skills ambassador |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/prince-charles-appoints-indian-origin-steel-tycoon-as-uk-skills-ambassador/articleshow/63214043.cms |date=8 March 2018 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

=== Ties to Greensill Capital ===
{{Main|Greensill scandal}}
Following the 2021 collapse of [[Greensill Capital]], Sanjeev Gupta has been under scrutiny for his ties to the failed company.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Comfort |first1=Nicholas |last2=Arons |first2=Steven |last3=De Paoli |first3=Lucca |date=3 March 2021 |title=Greensill Woes Deepen as Germany Shutters Bank Unit |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/german-probe-found-greensill-incorrectly-booked-gupta-claims |work=Bloomberg |language=en |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Financial Times]]'' noted in 2019 that Gupta's companies have been fueled by "opaque financing".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=26 September 2019 |title=How Sanjeev Gupta’s empire is fuelled by opaque financing |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e8e2d33c-dfb3-11e9-b112-9624ec9edc59 |url-status=live |website=Financial Times |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In April 2021, a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] in the UK accused Gupta of running "a potential Ponzi scheme".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelso |first=Paul |date=25 March 2021 |title='I don't know what else we would do': Liberty Steel workers face uncertainty as MPs demand answers |url=https://news.sky.com/story/i-dont-know-what-else-we-would-do-liberty-steel-workers-face-uncertainty-as-mps-demand-answers-12256653 |website=Sky News |language=en |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> Greensill Capital's bankruptcy administrator was unable to verify invoices underpinning certain loans to Gupta, with companies listed on the invoices denying that they had ever done business with Gupta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Murchu |first=Cynthia|last2=Smith |first2=Robert |date=1 April 2021 |title=Greensill Capital’s administrator unable to verify Gupta invoices |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fe234f59-75b9-44f7-af8a-f05e588957b7 |url-status=live |website=Financial Times |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gupta's wife Nicola is from [[Canvey Island]], Essex, and was the treasurer of his company.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|last=Meechan |first=Brian |date=12 April 2016 |title=Who is Sanjeev Gupta? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36016578 |website=BBC |access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta had kept the relationship secret for seven years before they married in 2008, the family's first cross-cultural marriage.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Pagano |first=Margareta |date=1 February 2016 |title=Putting the steel back into British industry |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sanjeev-gupta-interview-putting-the-steel-back-into-british-industry-a6847896.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Gupta and his wife own [[Wyelands]], a country house estate near [[Chepstow]] in Wales and have a residence in Sydney, Australia ([[Bomera and Tarana|Bomera]], a 19th-century home in [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sweeney |first=Nila |date=15 October 2019 |title=Sanjeev Gupta buys Potts Point trophy home |url=https://www.afr.com/property/residential/sanjeev-gupta-buys-potts-point-trophy-home-20191015-p530ts |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> They have three children.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/>

==See also==
* [[Tata Steel Europe]]
*[[ArcelorMittal]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{URL|http://www.libertyhouseuk.com|Liberty House website}}

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