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#REDIRECT [[Vedanta Resources]] |
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{{Infobox person |
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| name = Anil Agarwal |
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| caption = Anil Agarwal |
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in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]] |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|01|24|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar, India]] |
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| citizenship = {{IND}} |
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| residence = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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| ethnicity = [[Marwari people|Marwari]] |
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| occupation = [[Chairman]] of [[Vedanta Resources]] |
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| spouse = Kiran Agarwal |
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| country = India |
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| children = 2 - Agnivesh(Son) and Priya(Daughter) |
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| networth = {{loss}} '''[[United States dollar|$]]3.5 billion (2012)'''<ref name="forbes1">[http://www.forbes.com/profile/anil-agarwal/ Forbes topic page on Anil Agarwal] Forbes.com. Retrieved April 2010.</ref> |
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| religion = [[Hindu]]ism |
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| website = [http://www.vedantaresources.com www.vedantaresources.com] |
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}} |
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'''Anil Agarwal''' (born 1954, [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India) is an [[India]]n businessman and the founder and [[Chairman|Executive Chairman]] of the United Kingdom-based [[Vedanta Resources]] PLC. |
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==Early life== |
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Anil Agarwal was born in a Marwari family in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-anil-agarwal-chairman-vedanta-group-113122701096_1.html | title=Lunch with BS: Anil Agarwal 'I have come a long way' | publisher=business-standard | work=Jyoti Mukul & Mansi Taneja | date=December 27, 2013 | accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> His father was a small-businessman who made aluminium conductors. Agarwal, was a matriculate from Miller High School, Patna, Bihar.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vedantafoundation.org/board_of_trustees.php | title=Board of Trustees | publisher=vedantafoundation.org | accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> He is a strict vegetarian. |
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==Career== |
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Agarwal founded ''Sterlite Industries'', a business operating in the industrial sector in 1976<ref>[http://www.vedantaresources.com/boardseniormanagement.htm Vedanta Resources Senior Mananagement]</ref> and then in 1986 established [[Vedanta Resources]] bringing together a variety of businesses owned by the Agarwal family.<ref>BALCO was the first Public Sector Company that was dis-invested in India and Anil Agarwal has the credit of taking the majority shares and turning around the fortunes of this ailing public sector aluminium company. The other major Indian companies are Hindustan Zinc, Sesa Goa, Vedanta Aluminium, Sesa Sterlite, Sterlite Energy etc. [http://www.vedantaresources.com/corporatehistory.htm Vedanta Resources History]</ref> |
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==Wealth== |
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Having ranked first |
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in 2003,<ref> |
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{{cite web |
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|url = http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/dec/01rich.htm |
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|title = Anil Agarwal, Rahul Bajaj make it to top 10 billionaires list |
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|publisher = rediff.com |
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|date = 2003-12-01 |
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|accessdate = 2007-09-25 |
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| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070913004447/http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/dec/01rich.htm| archivedate= 13 September 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |
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{{as of|March 2012|lc=yes}}, Agarwal is the 15th richest Indian.<ref name="forbes1" /> |
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==Personal life== |
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Agarwal lives in [[London]] and is married, with two children.<ref name="forbes1" /> He frequently visits [[Radha Krishna]] temple in London. He has said in his talks that his inspiration in life is [[Radhanath Swami]], a well-known current spiritual guru of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] movement, whom Agarwal knows personally.<ref>[http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/video/anil-agarwal-introduces-his?xg_source=activity Anil Agarwal introduces His Holiness Radhanath Swami]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bornrich.com/anil-agarwal.html | title=Anil Agarwal bio | publisher=bornrich.com | accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.vedantaresources.com/ Vedanta Resources Website] |
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{{Persondata |
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| NAME = Agarwal, Anil |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Indian businessman |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1954 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Patna]], [[Bihar, India]] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwal, Anil}} |
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[[Category:1954 births]] |
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[[Category:Indian Hindus]] |
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[[Category:Marwari people]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Indian businesspeople]] |
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[[Category:Indian billionaires]] |
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[[Category:People from Patna]] |
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[[Category:Businesspeople in metals]] |
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