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.

Extended content

Introduction 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) Personal details summary box In the parents section, add: mother Reshma Career 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. Industrial expansion 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 Skills and Education 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. Awards and recognition 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. Personal life 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. References

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

Reply 14-NOV-2019

  Edit request partially implemented  

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

Proposal counter-suggestions

Sources Wikipedia prefers references which are from reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Four of the references provided meet this criteria. Those are: "Prince Charles appoints Indian-origin steel tycoon as UK skills ambassador". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 November 2019. "Liberty steelworks in Newport reopens after two years". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 13 November 2019. "Major investment plans for Highlands smelter". BBC. BBC. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019. "London-based Liberty House completes acquisition of Georgetown's steel mill". Evening Post. Post and Courier. December 18 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) The other references are to publications with links to the steel and metals industry, which does not make them the most unbiased sources. Even in the 4 examples shown above, many of these are based on press releases issued by the company itself. Coverage of the subject Much of the requested information concerns the company rather than the subject of Gupta. Claims which may be added to the article ought to be concerning Gupta rather than Gupta's company. Information about Gupta's charitable work is not usually added unless the coverage is substantial and the work is independently notable in Wikipedia. Re-writing the proposal To that end, kindly rewrite your proposed text, taking care to ensure that the proposal contains the following: Claims about Gupta rather than the company References to reliable secondary sources which are independent of Gupta, the company or the company's industry Dates of publications used as references and any author information needs to be included in the source citations.

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 [[User talk:Spintendo| 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 :) Ben at GFG (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Reply 06-DEC-2019

Please note that unless the edit request template is placed in your post, messages to me will not be received. With regards to your question above, my review pertains only to items listed in the request, and does not concern items already implemented in the article. Thus, if your request is to modify information which is about a company in the article, and my understanding of guidelines is that company information should be limited in BLP articles, the change cannot be made by me.

 Spintendo  05:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

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Proposed changes to introduction and career-trading roots section --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) Added citation to Career - industry expansion section --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) Industrial expansion - additions and citations to bring timeline of activity up to date --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) Addition of new section - Charity --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) Awards and recognition - updated to include recent honours --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) Update to personal life section --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. Check date updates on citations/sources --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: References

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

Reply 05-DEC-2019

  Edit request declined  

• 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.

Regards,  Spintendo  05:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)