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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Aramco opened talks with Reliance as USD 44-billion mega refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, where it was taking a 50 per cent stake along with UAE's ADNOC, got delayed after ruling BJP-government scrapped plans to acquiring land for the project in coastal Maharashtra.
Mukesh Ambani, one of the biggest business tycoons of India has been married to the beautiful Nita Ambani. However, we are not much aware of the love story of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani.
Billionaire Anil Ambani Monday thanked his brother Mukesh and his wife Nita for extending "timely support" after his debt-laden firm Reliance Communication cleared payments due to a service provider just a day before expiry of deadline set by the Supreme Court.
Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta are getting married today at Jio World Centre in Bandra. Check out for latest pictures.
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Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta are tying the knot at Jio World Centre in Mumbai on March 9.
Two private jets will be flying from Mumbai to carry Akash Ambani's close friend to Switzerland for his bachelor's party.
The publication on its website released a few of the names in the 2019 list of 100 Thinkers, saying the full list would be released on January 22.
A music concert has also been planned for Isha Ambani, Anand Piramal's reception.
Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal will marry in Mumbai in a private ceremony. Anand is son of Ajay Piramal, chairman of the Piramal Group of companies.
Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal will tie the knot on December 12 in Jodhpur.
Jio's subscriber base was 23.9 crore in August this year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) data for the month showed.
"We are delighted to share that the marriage of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal will take place in the residence of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani in Mumbai with family members and close friends on 12th December, 2018, said a statement late this evening.
He added that India has moved from 155th rank in mobile broadband penetration to being the number one nation in mobile data consumption in the world in less than two years.
The figures in the July-September quarter was primarily due to record earnings from petrochemical business and bumper earnings from retail business and telecom arm made up for a decline in refinery margins.
India might not be the one of the world's richest countries, but it has produced some of the richest businessmen. The country is home to thousands of millionaires, most of whom are business tycoons.
Ambani is also the year's biggest gainer, adding USD 9.3 billion to his wealth amid the continuing success of his Reliance Jio broadband telco service.
RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the list for seventh consecutive year with a wealh of Rs 3,71,000 crore.
The annual list includes only those Indians who have a net worth of Rs 1,000 crore or more. This number has increased from 617 in 2017 to 831 in 2018.
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