Anil Agarwal

Metals and mining magnate Anil Agarwal turned a tiny scrap metal business into London-listed Vedanta Resources with copper, zinc and aluminium assets.In March 2017 he bought a 12% stake in London-listed miner Anglo American for $2.4 billion through his family trust, then later raised it to 19%.In October, Agarwal took Vedanta private after paying more than $1 billion for the one third of the metals firm that he didn't already own. His listed Sterlite Technologies hived off its power transmission business into a separate unit and listed an infrastructure investment trust.