1. ORAL COMMUNICATION AND
PRESENTATION
Prepared by- Vishesh Patel
10TMBA076

2. INTRODUCTION TO ANIL
AGRAWAL
 He was born in Patna, Bihar on july
02,1954.
 His father was a small-businessman,
and was into making aluminium
conductors.
Lalu Prasad Yadav was his
classmate and he also claims to be
his great fan.
 Anil began his business as a scrap
metal dealer in mumbai. Now he is
a billionaire.

3. Exploring your career with
Vedanta

5. LIFE JOURNEY FROM PATNA TO LONDON
 He left school at the age of 15 years and he left
patna without knowing a word of English.
 In November 1975, a 19-year-old young man walked
down Nariman Point in Mumbai on small business
opportunity.
 When he was 22 years old he started scrap
business.
 In 1986, he got into the business of jelly-field
cables by putting up a factory at Rs. 7 crores against
the normal cost of Rs. 30-40 crore.
“Sterlite Industries was born”.
In 1999, he acquired 100% stake
in “Copper Mines of Tasmania”

6. LIFE JOURNEY FROM PATNA TO LONDON
 His next target was aluminium. So, in 2000
he bought Madras Aluminium Co.(MALCO),
a sick company.(80% stake)
 In 2001, he acquired 51% stake in
Bharat Aluminium Co.(BALCO) by
that time he had bought two mines in Australia.
 In 2002,he took 64.9% of stake in Hindustan
Zinc Ltd.
 The tipping point came in 2003.
Frustrated with the licence raj he
moved to London.

7. ACHIEVEMENTS AFTER REACHING LONDON
 In 2003, when considering a listing of
Vedanta on the London Stock Exchange.
 In 2004, Vedanta acquire Konkola Copper
Mines in Zambia.(79.4%stake)
 In 2006, Vedanta acquire Sterlite gold.
 In 2007,its subsidiary Sterlite industries
ltd. was listed on NYSE.
 In 2007, Vedanta acquire 51% controlling
stake in Sesa Goa Ltd.
 In 2008,Sterlite enters into agreement
to buy certain operating assets
of US based copper
producer Aasarco.

8. PRESENT SENARIO
Three things happened to Anil Agarwal over a
week.(August,2010)
1) He almost bought an oil company,
2)He almost became India’s richest man,
3)He has lost a mountain of bauxite.
 Vedanta Resources has recently announced
that it would buy from Cairn
Energy a stake in its Indian
subsidiary for up to $9.6 billion in
cash.

10. IN SHORT……
 Mr. Anil Agarwal's story is a true tale of passion and
determination. It is a story of a humble beginner - a
metal trader - who is today, one of the most prominent
and successful metals entrepreneur.
THANK YOU.