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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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Airtel vs Jio: Round one to Ambani as Airtel takes massive Rs 12,000 cr hit after Jio launch

Sep 01, 2016, 06:56 PM IST

His 45-minute speech announcing the formal launch of Reliance Jio’s commercial services has dealt a body blow to Airtel, with its shares slumping by as much as 9 per cent on Thursday, resulting in a massive erosion of Rs 12,000 crore in market value

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Connecting points given by telcos six times short: Reliance Jio

Aug 18, 2016, 02:50 PM IST

Reliance Industries has strongly refuted the claims of the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) that its members are providing sufficient inter-connection points for Jio's 4G services, saying the reality was that such access was grossly in

Mukesh Ambani

RJio asks TRAI to take legal action against top telecos for violating licence conditions

Aug 17, 2016, 12:42 PM IST

The Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to take legal action against the top telecos for violating licence conditions by not providing enough points of interconnect (PoI), thus causing

Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Jio accuses telcos of sabotaging its debut, malign its name

Aug 11, 2016, 03:01 PM IST

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm has categorically denied the allegations levelled against it by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) that it was violating Department of Telecommunication’s (DoT) regulations under the guise of

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As Modi govt provides VVIP cover to Nita Ambani, Kejriwal demands security for Delhi girls

Politics | Jul 26, 2016, 04:10 PM IST

New Delhi: Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries chairman and India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, has been accorded 'Y' category security cover by the Indian government. The decision to provide the VVIP security to Mrs

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10 GB data at 4G speed for Rs 93: Reliance Comm to offer on Jio network

Jun 24, 2016, 09:26 AM IST

Mumbai: Telecom operator Reliance Communications from next week onwards will start offering 4G service using Reliance Jio network to its CDMA customers in select circles at a starting price of Rs. 93 per 10 gigabytes.

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Anant Ambani taking a walk on Mumbai streets with Rolls Royce in tow? Video goes viral

May 21, 2016, 06:01 PM IST

Mumbai: Having made news for his drastic weight loss recently, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant Ambani has the internet in awe, again. In a video that has gone viral this time around, a boy,

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani’s reply to pretty girl seeking husband with Rs 100 cr salary is worth a read

Life | May 19, 2016, 06:31 PM IST

New Delhi: A pretty girl, probably having her hopes too high, posted a long-detailed post on a popular social media platform asking how she can get to marry a guy with Rs 100 cr annual

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Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Siddhivinayak, performs aarti and meets Mukesh Ambani's Son

May 18, 2016, 08:14 PM IST

Mumbai: Global tech giant Apple Inc's CEO Tim Cook kicked off his maiden India trip with an early morning visit to the famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi, central Mumbai, where he performed a special

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Reliance Jio becomes the fifth largest smartphone vendor in Q1 2016: IDC

May 18, 2016, 01:58 PM IST

New Delhi: The launch of Reliance Jio‘s 4G LTE service, expected to disrupt the 4G space in the country, is still on line. In the meantime though, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio is making waves in

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Reliance Jio now available to select consumers in 17 circles, offer through invitation only

May 05, 2016, 07:01 PM IST

Mumbai: After several failed launch dates and immense speculation over the arrival of Reliance Jio, the much-awaited 4G service from Reliance has finally made its debut.

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Salman Khan lauds Anant Ambani for losing 108 Kg in 18 months

Bollywood | Apr 11, 2016, 01:30 PM IST

Superstar Salman Khan lauds Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant for a major weight loss session in just 18 months.

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Fat to fit! Ambani’s son amazes everyone, sheds 108 kg in 18 months

Life | Apr 10, 2016, 07:06 PM IST

Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant Ambani today became one of the top trends on microblogging website Twitter, for a surprising reason -- he lost 108 kg weight and that too in just 18 months.

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Top 10 richest Indians in the world

Mar 02, 2016, 05:47 PM IST

New Delhi: AS on today, India has a higher number of billionaires than it ever had, according to Forbes' annual ranking of billionaires.Forbes magazine announced the annual list of world's richest person on Tuesday (March

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Bill Gates richest man in world, Mukesh Ambani richest in India

Mar 02, 2016, 11:08 AM IST

New Delhi: Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates continued his reign as the world's richest person with a net worth of $75 billion, according to Forbes' annual ranking of billionaires, with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani leading

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates tops worlds billionaire list

Jan 29, 2016, 08:44 AM IST

Bengaluru: India's richest business mogul Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Indian IT czar Azim Premji of Wipro and drug maker Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma rank among world's top 50 wealthiest billionaires.According to Wealth-X and

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Mukesh, Premji, Shanghvi among top 50 in world wealthiest list

Jan 28, 2016, 08:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Azim Premji of Wipro and Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma are the only three Indians to have made it to a global list 50 of the wealthiest people

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What a co-incidence! 9 celebs tweet the same words last night

Bollywood | Dec 28, 2015, 06:23 PM IST

New Delhi: The telecom arm of Reliance Industries Limited, Reliance Jio rolled out 4G telecom services for its employees, yesterday. RIL has roped in superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador and the event

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Reliance Jio may rope in Shah Rukh Khan as brand ambassador

Dec 24, 2015, 11:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm is said to be in plans to rope in superstar Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador, media reports suggest.Reliance's much awaited 4G services were to roll out

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Reliance Jio to launch 4G services for employees on Dhirubhai Ambani's birth anniversary

Dec 19, 2015, 12:03 AM IST

New Delhi: Reliance Jio will launch 4G services for Reliance group employees on December 27, on the eve of its founder chairman's birth anniversary."We are happy to share that we will unveil Jio to our

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