THE MAN HIMSELF MUKESH AMBANI STORY

Born: 19 April 1957, Aden, Yemen

For his work: Industrialist, President of Reliance Industries

Mukesh Ambani is an Indian industrialist and the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries. The owner of immense personal wealth, Mukesh is included in the list of India's richest persons. Along with this, they are also among the wealthiest people in the world. Reliance Industries is the largest private sector and Fortune 500 company in India. They live in the world's most expensive 'Antilla' in Mumbai. Mukesh is the elder brother of Anil Ambani, the son of the late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance and the chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Mukesh's Reliance Industries business is spread across sectors such as refining, petrochemical, oil, gas and retail. Along with the industry, he also owns the Mumbai Indians Twenty-Twenty team, a cricket team under the Indian Premier League (IPL). In 2012, Forbes ranked him on the list of 'world's richest sports owners'. Apart from his company, Mukesh Ambani Alalg has also been a member of various committees, chairman and board of reputed companies at different times. He has also been the Chairman of the Board of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India's premier management institute.

Early life

Mukesh Ambani was born on April 19, 1957 in the city of Aden in Yemen to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani. At that time his father worked in Aden. Mukesh Ambani's younger brother Anil Ambani and he also has two sisters - Deepti Salgonkar and Nina Kothari. Until the 1970s, Mukesh Ambani's family lived in a two-room house in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai, but later Dhirubhai bought a 14 floor building (Sea Wind) in the Colaba area of ​​Mumbai where Mukesh and other members of the Ambani family lived for many years. are.

Mukesh did his early education at Hill Grange High School in Peddar Road, Mumbai. Here Mukesh's close friend Anand Jain was his classmate and his younger brother Anil Ambani also studied in this school. Mukesh Ambani holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from 'Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga'. After this Mukesh got M.B.A. To enroll in Stanford University but left the study after a year to help his father Dhirubhai Ambani.

Career

In 1980, when the Indira Gandhi government started the PFY. (Polyester filament yarn) was opened for the private sector, then Reliance also submitted its claim for the license and succeeded in getting licenses between Tata, Birla and 43 more veterans. Pfy Dhirubhai Ambani offered Mukesh an MBA for the construction of a (polyester filament yarn) factory. Called his studies in between. Mukesh left his studies and came to India and started building the factory.

It was under the leadership of Mukesh Ambani that Reliance established one of India's largest telecom companies, Reliance Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communication Limited).

Mukesh played an important role in setting up the world's largest petroleum refinery at Jamnagar (Gujarat) at the basic level. The capacity of this refinery was 660,000 barrels per day in 2010 i.e. 30 million tonnes per year. The refinery, built with an investment of about Rs 100000 crore, has petrochemical, power generation, port and related infrastructure.

Reliance Industries is once again going to step into the telecom sector through 'Reliance Jio'. In this regard, Reliance Industries has also tied up with Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications and Sunil Mittal's Airtel for the use of their infrastructure. Reliance's AGM in June 2014 During this, Mukesh also announced to start 4G services in the next 3 years.

Private life

Mukesh Ambani is the son of the late Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokila Ben Ambani. Reliance Industries was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani. Mukesh's younger brother Anil Ambani heads Reliance Anil "Dhirubhai Ambani" group (ADAG). The group is active in the areas of telecommunications, power, natural resources, infrastructure and financial services. After the demise of Dhirubhai Ambani, the two brothers did not form and were heard, after which the Reliance Group split into two.

Mukesh Ambani is married to Nita Ambani. Neeta looks after the social and charitable work of Reliance Industries. They have three children - Akash, Isha and Anant.

Mukesh Ambani's family is related to Modh Baniya community of Gujarat.

Mukesh Ambani's residence - Antilia

Mukesh Ambani lives with his family in his 27-storey building 'Antilia' in South Mumbai. It is considered to be the most expensive house in the world. A team of about 600 employees remains a shoe in the care of this building. It is named after a mythological island of the same name in the Atlantic Ocean.

Honours and awards

Mukesh Ambani was elected Businessman of the Year 2007 by NDTV.

The United States-India Business Council (USIBC) gave Mukesh Ambani the "Global Vision" Leadership Award in 2007 in Washington

In November 2004, Mukesh Ambani was ranked second among four CEOs in a survey conducted by Price Water House Coopers and published in the Financial Times London.

In October 2004, Total Telecom gave Mukesh Ambani the World Communication Award as the most influential person in the field of telecommunications.

Voice and Data magazine voted him 'Telecom Man of the Year' in September 2004.

Mukesh was ranked 13th on the Asia Power 25 list of the most powerful businessmen in the August 2004 issue of Fortune magazine

In May 2004, he was awarded the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington DC

Mukesh Ambani secured the first position in the March May 2004 issue of India Today in May 2004, for the second consecutive year.

Chitralekha Person of the Year-2007 Award in 2007