Anil Agarwal (born 1954, Patna, Bihar, India) is an Indian
Early life and background
Anil Agarwal was born in Patna, Bihar in 1954. His father was a
small-businessman. His father was into making aluminium conductors. Mr.
Agarwal, was a matriculate from Miller High School, Patna. Lalu Prasad Yadav
was his classmate and he also claim to be his great fan. He is strict
vegetarian.
Career
Anil Agarwal founded Sterlite Industries, a business operating in the
industrial sector in 1976[1] and then in 1986 established Vedanta Resources
bringing together a variety of businesses owned by the Agarwal family.[2].Mr.
Agarwal served as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Resources Plc. from
November 27, 2003 to March 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director of Sterlite Industries India Ltd.(subsidiary of Vedanta
Resources Plc) from 1980 to October 19, 2004. Mr. Agarwal has over 31 years
experience as an industrialist. He has been an Executive Chairman of Vedanta
Resources Plc since March 23, 2005 and its Executive Director since May 16,
2003. Mr. Agarwal has been Chairman of Sterlite Industries India Ltd. since
October 20, 2004. Mr. Agarwal has been Non Executive Chairman and an Additional
Director of Sterlite Technologies Limited (a/k/a, Sterlite Optical Technologies
Ltd.) since October 30, 2006. He serves as an Executive Chairman of BALCO(
acquired by Sterlite). He serves as Chairman of the Board of Bharat Aluminium
Company Ltd. (BALCO) and Sterlite Gold Ltd. Mr. Agarwal also serves as a
Director of SOVL, Vedanta Alumina and Sterlite Paper Limited. He has been
Director of Sterlite Gold Ltd. since January 1999 and Sterlite Industries India
Ltd. since 1978. He serves as Director of Copper Mines Of Tasmania Pty Ltd.,
and Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO). Mr. Agarwal has been an Executive
Director of Vedanta Resources Plc since May 16, 2003. He serves as a Director
of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) , Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited and VAL.
Anil Agarwal is the Executive Chairman of Vedanta Group. Mr Agarwal, who
founded the Group in 1976, is also Chairman of Sterlite and is a Director of
BALCO, HZL, and Vedanta Alumina Ltd. Since 1976 the Group has grown under his
leadership, vision and strategy. Mr Agarwal has over 30 years experience as an
industrialist.
Vedanta Resources is a diversified metals and mining company with revenues in
excess of USD 8 billion. It is the first Indian manufacturing company to be
listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Anil Agarwal serves as the President of Operations at Orient Ceramics &
Industries Ltd. Mr. Agarwal has over 31 years experience as an Industrialist.
Mr. Agarwal founded Vedanta Resources plc in 1976 and served as its Chief
Executive Officer from November 27, 2003 to March 2005. He served as the Chief
Executive Officer and Managing Director of Sterlite Industries India Ltd., a
subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Plc from 1980 to October 19, 2004. He has been
the Executive … Chairman of Vedanta Resources Plc since March 23, 2005.
Mr. Agarwal has been the Chairman of Sterlite Industries India Ltd. since
October 20, 2004. Mr. Agarwal has been the Non Executive Chairman of Sterlite
Technologies Limited (a/k/a, Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd.) since October
30, 2006. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Bharat Aluminium Company
Ltd. (BALCO) and Sterlite Gold Ltd. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at
Sterlite Energy Ltd. and has been its Director since November 2007. He has been
an Executive Director at Vedanta Resources Plc since May 16, 2003. Mr. Agarwal
also serves as a Director of SOVL, Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd.,
Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Sterlite Metal Rollings Mills Private Limited,
Finsider International Limited, Thalanga Copped Mines Pty Limited and Sterlite
Paper Limited. He has been a Director of Sterlite Gold Ltd. since January 1999
and Sterlite Industries India Ltd. since 1978. He serves as a Director of
Copper Mines Of Tasmania Pty Ltd. He serves as a Director of Vedanta Resources
Holdings Limited and VAL. He served as a Director of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL)
from April 11, 2002 to March 2009. He received the E&Y Entrepreneur of the
Year 2008 award.
Wealth
Having ranked eighth in 2003,[3] as of November 2006, he was the eleventh-richest
Indian, with a personal fortune of US$4.5 billion.As of 6 October 2007,
Agarwal’s net worth was estimated at $12.7 billion, making him the 6th richest
Indian.As of 11th March 2010, his net worth is estimated at $ 6.4 billion
Personal life
Mr. Agarwal is based in UK, where he lives in London, is married and has two
children.