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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani

Height: 1.69 m DOB: 19 April 1957

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business tycoon. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Since 1981, he started working alongside his father Dhirubhai Ambani in their family business, Reliance. RIL deals mainly in petrochemicals, refining and in the oil and gas sectors. Over the years, the business has expanded to provide products and services like Retail Markets and Telecommunications. In the country’s telecommunication services, Reliance’s Jio has earned a top five spot. It was launched on September 5, 2016. On the Forbes magazine's list for the past ten years, Ambani has consistently held the title of being India's richest person. As of January 2018, by Forbes, he was ranked as the 18th-wealthiest person in the world. With a net worth of $44.3 billion in July 2018, he surpassed Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, to become Asia's richest person. Outside North America and Europe, he is also the wealthiest person in the world. He also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. At the Antilia Building, Ambani resides. With its value reaching $1 billion, it is one of the world's most expensive private residences. Early life: Mukesh was born in Aden, Yemen. He was brought up in Mumbai, India. In the early 1970s, in Chemical Engineering, he received his degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology.

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Mukesh Ambani visits Badrinath and Kedarnath to offer prayers

Mukesh Ambani visits Badrinath and Kedarnath to offer prayers

India | Oct 26, 2019, 04:10 PM IST

  Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani Saturday offered prayers at famous Himalayan shrines of Badrinath and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. Accompanied by his son Akash, Ambani arrived by helicopter in Badrinath at around 8.30 am, Badrinath-Kedarnath Mandir Samiti spokesman Harish Gaud told PTI.

Microsoft, Jio empowering small businesses in India: Nadella

Microsoft, Jio empowering small businesses in India: Nadella

Business | Oct 24, 2019, 12:26 PM IST

Reliance Industries (RIL) in August announced partnership of its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm with Microsoft in the technology space, including creation on cloud solutions.

At ₹ 11,262 crore, Mukesh Ambani's RIL puts its highest quarterly profit ever

At ₹11,262 cr, Mukesh Ambani's RIL puts highest quarterly profit ever

Business | Oct 18, 2019, 08:04 PM IST

Reliance Industries on Friday reported an 18.6 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to a record Rs 11,262 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal on the back of a turnaround in refining margins and continued rise in consumer businesses of retail and telecom.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries creates history, first

Mukesh Ambani's RIL creates history, hits ₹ 9 lakh crore m-cap

Business | Oct 18, 2019, 12:51 PM IST

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) on Friday added another feather to its cap and became the first Indian firm to hit the Rs 9 lakh crore market valuation mark. During late morning trade on BSE, the company's market capitalisation (m-cap) was Rs 9,01,490.09 crore.

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Forbes Richest Indian 2019: Mukesh Ambani at the top, Adani second

Business | Oct 11, 2019, 09:32 PM IST

Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian for 12th consecutive year according to the Forbes list. Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries has managed to add a handsome USD 4 billion in a year that made headlines for slump in economic growth and lessened demand in the automobile sector.

Reliance puts off gas bid to Nov 6 on bidders request

Reliance puts off gas bid to Nov 6 on bidders request

Business | Oct 10, 2019, 02:09 PM IST

Reliance and its partner BP Plc of the UK, last month had put out Notice Inviting Offer (NIO) seeking bids from potential users for the 5 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas they plan to produce from the R-Cluster Field in KG-D6 bloc

Samsung heir in India Lee Jae-yong likely to meet Modi,

Samsung heir in India, likely to meet PM Modi, Mukesh Ambani

Business | Oct 07, 2019, 06:19 PM IST

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is currently in India, provoking speculation that the South Korean tech giant may make further investments to expand its presence in the country, industry sources said on Monday.  

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Reliance Jio to sell JioPhone at Rs 699 in Diwali offer

Technology | Oct 01, 2019, 03:45 PM IST

The company claimed that nearly 7 crore 2G users have been on-boarded on JioPhone platform since its launch. It is targeting around 35 crores, such customers.

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The 10 richest people in India

Business | Sep 25, 2019, 08:44 PM IST

Who is the richest person in India? The latest IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019 is out. And it enlists a whole lot of Indian business tycoons operating large conglomerates in its top 10 rankings. Here's the top 10 richest Indians list with their net worth. Take a read:

Mukesh Ambani tops richest Indian list with Rs 3,80,700 cr

Mukesh Ambani tops richest Indian list with Rs 3,80,700 cr net worth

Business | Sep 26, 2019, 02:53 PM IST

Mukesh Ambani has topped the list of richest Indians for the eighth consecutive year. The Reliance Industries' Chairman has a net worth of Rs 3,80,700 crore, according to the latest IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List.

No rise in Ambani's stake, subsidiaries' shares merged with RSHL: RIL

No rise in Ambani's stake, subsidiaries' shares merged with RSHL: RIL

Business | Sep 19, 2019, 05:00 PM IST

No rise in Ambani's stake,The sole beneficiary of Petroleum Trust is Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL), a 100 per cent subsidiary of RIL and hence the ultimate beneficiaries of these shares are the shareholders of RIL.  

Amitabh Bachchan-Abhishek visit Lalbaugcha Raja, Ambanis join to seek blessings from Lord Ganesha

Amitabh Bachchan-Abhishek visit Lalbaugcha Raja, Ambanis join to seek blessings from Lord Ganesha

Celebrities | Sep 09, 2019, 01:22 PM IST

Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan follow the trend and visit Lalbaugcha Raja pandal in Mumbai to seek blessings from Ganpati Bappa. Ambani family too joins in to offer prayers to Lord Ganesha.

Bollywood celebs gathered at Ambani House for Akash Ambani

Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir-Alia and other Bollywood celebs at Ambani House for Ganpati celebration

Celebrities | Sep 02, 2019, 11:30 PM IST

Reliance chairperson Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai home Antilia has been decorated like a new bride as the family welcomed Lord Ganesh to their house.

Mukesh Ambani's family hosts Bachchans, Khans and other Bollywood celebs in this viral throwback pic

Mukesh Ambani's family hosts Bachchans, Khans and other Bollywood celebs in THIS viral throwback picture

Celebrities | Aug 28, 2019, 03:16 PM IST

Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani turned host for the launch party of Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla's book India Fantastique. Recently, the ace designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla took to their Instagram and shared another throwback picture from the year 2012.

Moody's thumbs up for Reliance stake sale to Saudi Aramco
 

Moody's thumbs up for Reliance stake sale to Saudi Aramco

Business | Aug 14, 2019, 01:52 PM IST

On August 12, 2019, Reliance announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell a 20 per cent stake in its Oil to Chemical (O2C) business to Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco).   

Meet world's richest family that gets Rs 28 cr richer every

Meet world's richest family who gets richer by Rs 28 crore every hour, Rs 707 crore per day

Business | Aug 14, 2019, 02:44 PM IST

Bloomberg's ranking of the world’s richest families is out and has revealed how heirs at the top of the list are watching their fortunes grow by millions of dollars every hour. The Walton family of Walmart is the richest family in the world, with a total family wealth of $191 billion, according to Bloomberg’s most recent financial report.

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Reliance Industries shares surge 12% on Aramco deal, market value jumps over ₹80,000 crore in a day

Business | Aug 13, 2019, 01:49 PM IST

Reliance Industries shares surged 12 per cent on Tuesday - which is believed to be its biggest one-day gain in over a decade - adding over Rs 80,000 crore to its market cap. This comes a day after Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani announced the Aramco deal at the company's shareholder meeting.

Sensex drops over 200 points, Nifty on 11,050; Reliance

Sensex drops over 200 points, Nifty on 11,050; Reliance Industries gains 8% post AGM

Business | Aug 13, 2019, 10:30 AM IST

Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 200 points in early trade on Tuesday, dragged by losses in index heavyweights HDFC twins, Infosys and ITC, amid weak global cues. However, Reliance Industries (RIL) shared capped the losses on the index by rallying over 8 per cent, a day after its 42nd Annual General Meet (AGM).

Mukesh Ambani says ongoing slowdown 'temporary'

Mukesh Ambani says ongoing slowdown 'temporary'

Business | Aug 12, 2019, 04:56 PM IST

Describing the fundamentals of the Indian economy as strong, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday said that the ongoing slowdown in some sectors of the economy is temporary.

Reliance to sell stakes for Rs 1.15 lakh cr to become

Reliance to sell stakes for Rs 1.15 lakh cr to become zero-debt firm in 18 months: Mukesh Ambani

Business | Aug 12, 2019, 03:02 PM IST

Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced plans to sell stakes in his flagship Reliance Industries' oil and chemical business to Saudi oil giant Aramco and in fuel retail network to BP plc of UK for a combined Rs 1.15 lakh crore as he looked to make his company a zero-net debt firm in 18 months.

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