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Anil Agarwal

Mining group Vedanta Resources last year announced a £1 billion investment in a new power plant in India. Founder and chairman, the London-based Agarwal, 54, who started out helping India privatise mining assets, will also spend more than £500m to start a Harvard-like university there. With strong metal prices raising Vedanta’s value to more than £3.6 billion, Agarwal’s stake is worth £1.919 billion. Taking into account the university donation, additional assets take him to £1.42 billion.