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India’s polo-playing steel tycoon behind bid for Thyssenkrupp’s steel unit

Naveen Jindal’s approach has gone head to head against Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský who owns 20% of German steel business

On India’s polo fields, Naveen Jindal is not just a billionaire patron of the sport. To his teammates, the chair of Jindal Steel is “Captain Cool”, as well as a sharpshooter casting himself as a “sporting chief, commanding the field with precision and pride”.

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