Anil Agarwal on IPO Strategy

To tap international capital, Agarwal incorporated Vedanta Resources Plc in London in 2003, becoming the first Indian firm to list on the London Stock Exchange (December 10, 2003). The listing vehicle then became the group's parent through internal restructuring — an unusual inversion that placed India-heavy assets under a UK-listed holding company.

The official positioning also highlights Agarwal's reputation as the first Indian to list a business at the London Stock Exchange — a fact the company foregrounds in his profile — and his self-described founding ethos captured in the line 'You must dream to make your dreams come true,' which the corporate site uses as a tagline.