Vedanta's Agarwal - A daring dreamer

Anil Agarwal arrived in Mumbai, India's city of dreams, decades ago with little more than a burning ambition to succeed.

Now the billionaire chairman of mining giant Vedanta, he lives his dream in London but his ambition burns on.

Vedanta on Monday, August 16, 2010 agreed to spend up to $9.6 billion to buy as much as 60 percent of Cairn India, marking the company's first foray into oil and gas.

Image: Agarwal, seen in centre, in this handout picture.

Text: Pratish Narayanan and Surojit Gupta, Reuters

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