BRITAIN IRELAND SCOTLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN Anil Agarwal RESULTS 2006 Ranking Worth Industry 28 £1,680m Mining Higher zinc prices have pushed up the shares of Vedanta Resources, the London-listed metals group. The company’s pre-tax profits more than doubled to close to £150m for the six months to the end of September 2005. Agarwal, 53, Vedanta’s London-based founder, started out as a metals trader in his native India. In 2003 Vedanta floated on the London stock market, valuing Agarwal’s stake at £537m. This has soared to £1.6 billion and he has other interests. RESULTS 2005 Ranking 74= Worth 2005: £620m