Raj Bagri
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Raj Kumar Bagri, Baron Bagri, was one of the UK's successful Asian businessman who renounced his House of Lords peerage in 2010 to protect his "non-dom" tax status and avoid paying resident taxes. He is a metals magnate and former Chairman of the London Metal Exchange. He was awarded the CBE in 1995. Raj Kumar Bagri is the father of Apurv Bagri, managing director of Metdist.
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Metals magnate
LME Chairman and potential windfall
Bagri was Chairman of the London Metal Exchange until 2002, though he retains a 9.4% stake of LME through his Metdist Ltd and Metdist Trading Ltd holdings.[1]
The sale of the LME in 2012 is expected to land Bagri with a windfall earning of £90million.[2]
Mining assets
Bagri hold multiple major metals assets, though they tend to keep a low public profile. These include: Metdist | Minmetco
A billionaire lord who refused to pay taxes
Bagri renounced his House of Lords peerage in 2010 to escape paying resident taxes, having been a Conservative Peer from 1997 onwards. Bagri retains his title.[3]
His former Regent's Park home, acquired for £5.9m in 1994 and redesigned by Quinlan Terry, fetched £120m on sale in November 2011 — making it the most expensive single property ever sold in the UK.[4]
Affiliations
- Princes Trust - Advisory Committee member
- Bagri Foundation - Chairman
Notes
- ↑ Nicholas Larkin and Agnieszka Troszkiewicz, 'London Metal Exchange Takeover Bids Mean Most Is at Stake for Goldman, UBS', Bloomberg, 28 September 2011, accessed 24 November 2011
- ↑ Anna Mikhailova and Maurice Chittenden, 'Non-dom Tory peer to net £100m in house sale', The Sunday Times, 20 November 2011, accessed 24 November 2011
- ↑ Andy McSmith 'A peerage? I'd rather give it back and cut my tax bill', The Independent, 7 July 2010, accessed 24 November 2011
- ↑ Ashis Ray, 'NRI tycoon sells London home for whopping £120m', The Times of India, 21 November 2011, accessed 24 November 2011
