Anil Agarwal (billionaire)

Anil Agarwal (billionaire)

Anil Agarwal (born 1954, India) is an Indian businessman and the founder-director and executive chairman of the UK-based Vedanta Resources corporation, which owns mining and metal resources in India, Australia and Zambia. Having ranked eighth in 2003, [cite web
url = http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/dec/01rich.htm
title = Anil Agarwal, Rahul Bajaj make it to top 10 billionaires list
publisher = rediff.com
date = 2003-12-01
accessdate = 2007-09-25

] as of November 2006, he is the eleventh-richest Indian, with a personal fortune of US$4.5 billion.cite web
url = http://members.forbes.com/global/2006/1127/039.html
title = India's 40 Richest
last = Karmali
first = Naazneen
publisher = Forbes
date = 2006-11-27
accessdate = 2007-09-25] According to Forbes Magazine, on 8 March 2007, his net worth was $3.8 billion—making him the 230th-richest person in the world.Fact|date=September 2007 He lives in London, Europe and Russia, and is married, with two children.

As of 6th October 2007, his net worth was estimated at $12.7 billion, making him the 6th richest Indian. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/Wealth_of_Anil_Ambani_Sunil_Mittal_soars/articleshow/2437715.cms]

In 2007, he announced a $3.1 billion expansion of capacities of Vedanta Resources,Fact|date=September 2007 and donated US$1 billion to establish Vedanta University in Orissa, eastern India. [. He is an alumni of University College of Engineering, Burla,Sambalpur, Orissa

cite web
url = http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i45/45a02601.htm?=attw
title = In Rural India, an Ambitious Academic Vision
last = Neelakantan
first = Shailaja
publisher = The Chronicle of Higher Education
date = 2007-07-13]

References

External links

* [http://www.vedantaresources.com/boardseniormanagement.htm Board and senior management of Vedanta Resources]


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