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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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Feb 27, 2015, 11:21 PM IST

Isha Ambani and Radhika Piramal, the generation next of India Inc, are all set to forge stellar reputations in their industries. They have featured in the forbes list of 12 'Power Business women' from Asia

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Industrialist Shyam Kothari dies

Feb 23, 2015, 10:11 PM IST

Chennai: Industrialist Bhadrashyam Kothari, brother-in-law of billionaire industrialists Mukesh and Anil Ambani, passed away in the US on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness.He was 53.He is survived by two children—Nayantara and Arjun—and wife Nina,

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Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi overtakes Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian

Feb 20, 2015, 02:13 PM IST

Mumbai: If one goes by the promoter holdings in the companies listed under Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) then Dilip Shanghvi, the promoter of Sun Pharma will appear to be the richest man in India.With this,

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Ambanis, Bharti, Voda, 5 others to slug it out for spectrum

Feb 16, 2015, 07:48 PM IST

Telecom firms of Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil as well as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are among the eight companies vying to buy spectrum in the biggest ever auction that may fetch the government

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Swiss leaks: 'All my accounts are legitimate', says Swraj Paul

World | Feb 09, 2015, 05:46 PM IST

London: NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today said that all his bank accounts were legitimate.“All my accounts are legitimate. I am responsible for them. I pay full taxes where due,” he said reacting to media

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Ambanis Brothers, Naresh Goyal deny having illegal Swiss bank accounts

India | Feb 09, 2015, 04:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Top industrialists the Ambani brothers and Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal, today denied having illegal Swiss bank accounts in the wake of leaked list of account holders of HSBC brought out by an

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Reliance Industries applies for payments bank licence

Feb 02, 2015, 04:52 PM IST

Mumbai: Looking to foray into banking business, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) has teamed up with state-run behemoth SBI to apply for a payments bank licence. This would bring together the nation's largest banking network

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WEF 2015: India Inc's Mukesh Ambani, Anand Mahindra among those who give the event a miss

Jan 24, 2015, 09:12 PM IST

Davos: As the WEF summit draws to a close today, a few big names from India including Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra were missing in action while Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jordan's King

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Mukesh Ambani gives retail arm mandate to develop market for 4G devices

Jan 13, 2015, 04:56 PM IST

New Delhi: Set to launch its pan-India 4G datacom services under "Jio" brand soon, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has assigned its retail arm the mandate to develop the market for compatible devices and drive its

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Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015: Indian, foreign companies announce huge investments

Jan 11, 2015, 02:07 PM IST

Gandhinagar: Large conglomerates from India and abroad today announced huge investment and job creation plans at the three-day Vibrant Gujarat Summit, which kicked off this morning in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders

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Vibrant Gujarat 2015: Reliance Industries to invest Rs 100,000 cr in Gujarat

Jan 11, 2015, 02:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Business tycoons and global statesmen have converged in Gandhinagar today to participate in the 7th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, a flagship programme of Gujarat government.Apart from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and

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Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani led Reliance group companies tie up with two Mitsui firms from Japan

Dec 25, 2014, 11:38 PM IST

New Delhi: In an interesting coincidence, the two Reliance groups -- headed by brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani -- today announced separate 'long-term strategic' deals with two Japanese giants which have a common link of

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Reliance Industries forms textiles JV with China's Shandong Ruyi

Dec 10, 2014, 04:21 PM IST

New Delhi: Reliance Industries, which started its corporate journey as a textile company, has announced a joint venture with China's Shandong Ruyi Science and Technology Group to “reposition its textile business on a high growth

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PM Modi, Mukesh Ambani most searched personalities in 2014: Yahoo

India | Dec 08, 2014, 02:47 PM IST

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Mukesh Ambani feature amongst the most searched personalities online this year, according to search engine Yahoo.According to the seventh edition of Yahoo India's 'Year in Review', Prime Minister

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Reliance Industries inks pact with Mexico's Pemex

Dec 05, 2014, 08:46 AM IST

New York: Mexico's state-run oil company Pemex has signed a pact with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries for exchange of experience and technology in the hydrocarbons sector, news reports said on Friday.Pemex, according to the reports,

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India to be fastest growing economy in 2-3 years: Mukesh Ambani

Dec 04, 2014, 04:24 PM IST

New Delhi: India will surpass China as the world's fastest growing economy in the next 2-3 years, top industrialist Mukesh Ambani said, while terming the fall in global oil prices as a ‘gift' to India."We

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Mukesh Ambani's twin children made directors of Reliance Jio and retail ventures

Oct 12, 2014, 09:12 AM IST

New Delhi: In signs of succession planning at India's largest private firm, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's twin scions Isha and Akash were today appointed as directors on board of Reliance Industries' telecom and retail ventures.Isha and

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Mukesh Ambani, Priyanka Chopra honoured with Priyadarshni Awards

Bollywood | Sep 17, 2014, 08:11 PM IST

Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and religious leader Dada J.P. Vaswani are among a galaxy of personalities named for the Priyadarshni Academy's Global Awards, an official said here Wednesday.Ambani has been selected

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Mukesh Ambani, Priyanka Chopra get Priyadarshni Awards

India | Sep 17, 2014, 08:13 PM IST

Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and religious leader Dada J.P. Vaswani are among a galaxy of personalities named for the Priyadarshni Academy's Global Awards, an official said here Wednesday.Ambani has been selected

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Relief to reliance in gas pricing case, ACB's probing powers curtailed

Politics | Aug 19, 2014, 06:48 PM IST

New Delhi: The power of Delhi government's Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe graft allegations against former UPA ministers and others in relation to alleged irregularities in raising price of gas from RIL's KG6 basin

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