3. Name : Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
Born : 19th April 1957(55yrs)
Aden,Yemen
Ethnicity : Gujarati
Religion : Hinduism
Alma Mater : University of Bombay
Occupation : Chairman & MD of Reliance
Industries
Net Worth : US$ 21 Billion (2012)
4. Mukesh Ambani is an Indian
business magnate who is the
Chairman & MD of Reliance
Industries Limited(RIL),the
largest private sector enterprise
in India . The company was
ranked #99th in Fortune Global
500 and is India’s most valuable
company by market value &
second largest Indian company
by turnover.
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6. Ambani remains the largest individual
shareholder , with 44.7% stake in RIL .
As of 2012,he is India’s richest man and
second richest man in Asia .
Ambani is listed as 18th richest man in the
world and has retained his position as
world’s richest Indian for fifth year in a row.
He is a member of the Board of Directors
of Bank of America Corporation and a
present member of international advisory
board of the Council on Foreign Relations .
In 2012,Forbes named Ambani the richest
sports owner in the world ,he is richer than
owners of Chelsea and AC Milan .
Ambani’s company RIL owns Indian
Premier League domestic cricket club
Mumbai Indians.
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8. He did his schooling from the
Hill Grange High School , Mumbai
.
He received BE degree in
Chemical Engineering from
University of Bombay(Mumbai).
Mukesh later enrolled for MBA
from Stanford University but
completed one year of the 2yr
program and dropped out in the
year 1980.
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10. He is married to Nita Ambani
and has 3 children , Akash,Anant
&Isha.
They live in a private 27-story
building in Mumbai named Antilia.
The value of the house is more
than US$ 1 billion and it is
claimed to be the most expensive
house in history.
Mukesh Ambani earns an annual
salary of 150 million
rupees, which has remain
unchanged since fiscal year
11.
12. Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and
was the brain behind Reliance’s backward
integration from textiles into polyester fibres
and further into petrochemicals , petroleum
refining and going up-stream into oil & gas
exploration and production.
Ambani set up one of the largest and most
complex information & communications
technology initiatives in the world in the form
of Reliance Infocom Limited(Reliance
Communications Limited).
Ambani directed and led the creation of the
world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at
Jamnagar,India, with a current capacity of
660,000 barrels per day integrated with
petrochemicals,power generation, port &
related infrastructure.
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14. Awards & Honours
Year of Award or Name of Award or Awarding
Honour Honour Organization
2004 World Communication Total Telecom.
Award
2007 US-India Business Council US-India Business Council
Leadership Award
2007 Chitralekha Person of the Government of Gujarat
Year Award
2010 Global Vision Award Asia Society
2010 Business Leader of the NDTV India
Year
2010 Businessman of the Year Financial Chronicle
2010 School of Engineering & University of Pennsylvania
Applied Science Dean’s
Medal
2010 Global Leadership Award Business Council for
International
Understanding