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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest private sector company in India. He was born in 1957 in Yemen and received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bombay. Ambani dropped out of Stanford University's MBA program to help his father build a petrochemicals plant. Under his leadership, Reliance Industries has become a major player in oil refining and petrochemicals. It owns the world's largest oil refinery in India. Ambani also led diversification into telecommunications, retail, and special economic zones. He is the richest man in India and Asia with a net worth of over $20 billion.

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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest private sector company in India. He was born in 1957 in Yemen and received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bombay. Ambani dropped out of Stanford University's MBA program to help his father build a petrochemicals plant. Under his leadership, Reliance Industries has become a major player in oil refining and petrochemicals. It owns the world's largest oil refinery in India. Ambani also led diversification into telecommunications, retail, and special economic zones. He is the richest man in India and Asia with a net worth of over $20 billion.

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MUKESH

AMBANI
INDEX

i. BIOGRAPHY
ii. INTRODUCTION
iii. EARLY LIFE &
EDUCATION
iv. CAREER
v. BOARD MEMBERSHIP
vi. AWARDS & HONOURS
vii. PERSONAL LIFE
viii. DISTRIBUTION
ix. BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY

 MukeshAmban


Man at the helm of Reliance

 Born  19April
1957 (age 54)
Aden, Colony of
Aden (nowYemen)[1
]

 Residence  Mumbai,
Maharashtra

 Nationality  Indian
 Alma mater  University of
Bombay
Stanford
University (Dropped
out in the year
1980)

 Occupation  Chairman & MD


of Reliance
Industries
Director of Bank of
America

 Net worth 
US$27 billion (2011
)[2]

 Religion  Hinduism

 Spouse  Nita Ambani

 Children  Akash, Anant,


Isha[3]

 Parents  Dhirubhai Ambani


Kokilaben Ambani

 Relatives  Anil
Ambani (Brother)
INTRODUCTION

 Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born on 19 April


1957) is an Indian business magnate. He is the
chairman and managingdirector of
Indian conglomerateReliance Industries,[4] the
largest private sector enterprise in India listed
in Fortune 500 magazine. His personal stake in
Reliance Industries is 48%. On the 29th of
August' 2011, Reliance Industries regained its
status as the most valued firm in India, after a
heady contest with ONGC and Coal India Ltd.,
both public sector units as well as energy giants.
 In 2010, he was named among the most
powerful people in the world by Forbes in its list
of "68 people who matter most" As of 2011, he
is the second richest man in Asia and the ninth
richest man in the world with a personal wealth
of US$27 billion. In 2007, a strong rally in the
Indian stock market and the appreciation of the
Indian rupee boosted the market capitalisation of
Reliance group companies, briefly making him
the world’s richest man.
 He is board of directors of Bank of America
Corporation and a present member of the
international advisory board of the Council on
Foreign Relations
EARLYLIFE & EDUCATION

 Mukesh Ambani is the eldest son of Dhirubhai


Ambani, the late founder of Reliance
Industries. He has a brother, Anil, and two
sisters - Dipti Salgaoncar & Neena Kothari.
 The Ambani family lived in a two bedroom
apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the
1970s. Dhirubhai Ambani then purchased a 14-
floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind'
in Colaba, where, until recently, Mukesh and
Anil each lived with their families on different
floors.
 Mukesh Ambani was educated at Abaay
Morischa School in Mumbai and completed his
graduation with a bachelor`s degree in chemical
engineering from the UDCT, now Institute of
Chemical Technology, Mumbai.He stood sixth in
the University exams. Mukesh later enrolled for
an MBA from Stanford University but completed
only one year of the two year program and
dropped out in the year 1980. Indira Gandhi
administration threw open the doors of PFY
(Polyester Filament Yarn) manufacturing to the
private sector in early 1980. Dhirubhai Ambani
had applied for a licence to setup PFY
manufacturing plant. In spite of stiff competition
from Tatas, Birlas and 43 others, Dhirubhai was
awarded the licence. To help him build the PFY
plant, Dhirubhai pulled his eldest son Mukesh
out of Stanford where he was studying for his
MBA. Mukesh Ambani, then dropped out to help
his father and initiated Reliance`s backward
integration from textiles into polyester fibres and
further into petrochemicals, beginning in 1981.
CAREER

 He joined Reliance Industries in 1981. He


initiated Reliance's backward integration journey
from textiles into polyester fibres and further into
petrochemicals, petroleum refining and going
up-stream into oil and gas exploration and
production.
 Ambani set up one of the largest and most
complex information and communications
technology initiatives in the world in the form of
Reliance Infocomm Limited (now 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 (33 million tonnes per
year) integrated with petrochemicals, power
generation, port and related infrastructure.
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

 Chairman, Managing Director, Chairman of


Finance Committee and Member of
Employees Stock Compensation
Committee, Reliance Industries Limited
 Former Chairman, Indian Petrochemicals
Corporation Limited
 Former Vice Chairman, Reliance Petroleum
 Chairman of the Board, Reliance Petroleum
 Chairman and Chairman of Audit
Committee, Reliance Retail Limited.
 Chairman, Reliance Exploration and Production
DMCC
 Director, Member of Credit Committee and
Member of Compensation & Benefits
Committee, Bank of America Corporation
AWARDS & HONOURS

 Year
of  Name of Award  Awarding
Award or Honor Organization
or
Honor
 Global Vision
Award at The  Asia Society
 2010
Awards Dinner
 Business
Leader of the  NDTV India
 2010
Year
 Businessman of  Financial
 2010 the Year Chronicle

 Indian
 Juran Quality Merchant's
 2010 Medal for 2009 Chamber
(IMC)

 School of
Engineering and  University of
 2010 Applied Science Pennsylvania.
Dean's Medal
 United States-
India Business  United States-
Council India Business
 2007
Leadership Council.
Award
 Chitralekha  Government of
 2007 Person of the Gujarat.
Year Award
 World
Communication  Total Telecom.
 2004
Award

 Ranked 5th best performing CEO in the world by


Harvard Business Review in its ranking of top 50
global CEOs.
 Only Indian to be a part of the United Nations
MDG Advocacy Group
 Re-elected as Vice Chairman of the Business
Council for Sustainable Development's
(WBCSD) Executive Committee for a second
consecutive term in 2010.
PERSONAL LIFE

 He is married to Nita Ambani and has three


children. They live in a private 27-story building
in Mumbai named Antilia. The construction cost
was estimated to be approximately
US$77 million and it is claimed to be the most
expensive home in history.
 He owns the Indian Premier League team
the Mumbai Indians.
 Age: 54

Fortune: inherited and growing

Source: petrochemicals

NetWorth: $20.1bil

Country Of Citizenship:India

Residence: Mumbai , India,Asia & Australia

Industry: Manufacturing

MaritalStatus: married,3children .
Education: University of Bombay, Bachelor of
Arts/Science Stanford University, Master of
Business
 Administration Snatched title of India's richest
resident from Azim Premji. Since splitting with
younger brother Anil in 2005 and taking control
of $20 billion (revenues) Reliance Industries,
founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani,
fortune has soared by $11 billion. Oil-refining
subsidiary Reliance Petroleum, in which
Chevron has 5% stake, listed May 2006. Betting
$5.5 billion on retail ventures including Reliance
Fresh, a chain of food stores; 60 are now open.
Megaplans include $10 billion investment to
develop special economic zones. Recently got
board approval to hike personal stake in
Reliance Industries from 44%to48%.
Distribution of Billionaires
by Residence

 Diameter of disc reflects size of fortune. The red


disc indicates Mukesh Ambani
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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