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Lakshmi Mittal (R), head of Mittal Steel, and his son Aditya Mittal, President and Group Chief Finance Officer, speak during a news conference in Paris January 30, 2006. In the old days, sons of businessmen started at the family firm early, working their way through the ranks and waiting in the wings till the patriarch died, with the oldest son usually taking control. Now, sons and daughters, armed with degrees from top business schools in the West and stints at multinationals, are striding into the boardroom early, confidently drawing up new strategies. Every heir has it different: 30-something Aditya Mittal, a Wharton school business graduate, worked at Credit Suisse before becoming head of mergers and acquisitions at Mittal Steel, where he was key to the 26-billion-euro takeover in 2006 of Arcelor. Picture taken January 30, 2006. To match Feature INDIA-BUSINESS/FAMILIES REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS)