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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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Top 5 richest Indians have half of nation's billionaire wealth

Oct 24, 2014, 11:31 AM IST

New Delhi: The top five Indian billionaires led by Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani collectively control $85.5 billion (about Rs. 5,23,897 crore) in personal wealth, accounting for nearly half of the country's total billionaire wealth,

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Crisis in Iraq will lead to spike in inflation: Mukesh Ambani

Jun 20, 2014, 04:38 PM IST

Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries which operates the world's largest single-location oil refinery at Jamnagar, today said the crisis in Iraq will lead to higher fuel prices which in turn will raise inflation.“In

mukesh ambani keeps salary capped at rs 15 crore for 6th

Mukesh Ambani keeps salary capped at Rs 15 crore for 6th year

May 22, 2014, 07:12 PM IST

New Delhi: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani kept his annual salary capped at Rs 15 crore for the sixth year in a row even as the remuneration of key executives went up.Ambani, the richest Indian,

ambani s home world s most outrageously expensive forbes

Ambani's home world's most outrageously expensive: Forbes

May 25, 2014, 08:14 AM IST

New York: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's skyscraper residence in Mumbai is the most expensive billionaire home in the world, according to a Forbes list, which also includes Indian-origin steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's houses in

kejriwal slams congress bjp

Kejriwal slams Congress, BJP

Politics | Apr 29, 2014, 06:10 PM IST

Varanasi: Raking up the snoopgate scandal and Robert Vadra controversy, Arvind Kejriwal today accused both the Congress and BJP of having a tacit pre-poll understanding and not taking any action against each other on the

ril raises 550 mn from japanese banks

RIL raises $550 mn from Japanese banks

Apr 23, 2014, 04:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Wednesday said it has raised $550 million as loan from Japanese banks for part-funding expansion of its petrochemical plant and new gasification unit."In continuation of the fund

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Mukesh Ambani's dream house Antilla was destroyed in 'Krrish 3' (view pics)

Bollywood | Apr 12, 2014, 07:40 AM IST

New Delhi: What if it would have been real? Watching his dream house Antilla being destroyed during a rescue scene in last year's blockbuster flick ‘Krrish 3' would have given industrialist Mukesh Ambani goosebumps. ‘Thank

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Kumaraswamy changes complexion of battle against Moily

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 12:27 PM IST

Chikkaballapur (KTK): Carrying the tag of a “migratory bird”, former Chief Minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy has taken a gamble on a new turf ranging himself against Union Minister M Veerappa Moily

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Kejriwal commences road show in Chandigarh

Politics | Mar 30, 2014, 03:46 PM IST

Chandigarh: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal commenced his road show in Chandigarh today in support of party candidate Gul Panag for the April 10 election.  Kejriwal arrived here from Haryana where he was on a road

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EC seeks details from govt on proposed gas price hike

Politics | Mar 24, 2014, 12:44 PM IST

New Delhi: After AAP sought the Election Commission's intervention in stalling the gas price hike from April 1, the poll panel has sought details from the government on the proposed increase.The Commission has already discussed

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Kejriwal kicks off Haryana roadshow, slams Congress, BJP

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 02:31 PM IST

Faridabad: Kicking off his two-day Haryana roadshow here, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today slammed the Congress and BJP, saying gas prices will “increase manifold” if the two parties come to power.The AAP leader, who was

dgh too seeks appointing expert for kg basin

DGH too seeks appointing expert for KG basin

Mar 17, 2014, 11:40 PM IST

New Delhi: Earlier, ONGC had sought the appointment of an international expert to assess if Reliance Industries was drawing out any of its gas in the KG basinUpstream regulator Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has

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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd discoveries approved without appraisal: CAG

Mar 09, 2014, 04:32 PM IST

New Delhi: In a damning indictment, the CAG has said Oil Ministry and its technical arm DGH approved notification of now flagging gas discoveries in Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block despite the company not doing enough

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India home to 70 billionaires; Mukesh Ambani richest man with fortune of $18 bn

Mar 02, 2014, 04:46 PM IST

New Delhi: India is home to the fifth largest group of billionaires in the world and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, is the country's richest man with a personal fortune of $18 billion, says

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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw to replace Mukesh Ambani as IIM Bangalore board chairperson: report

India | Feb 19, 2014, 10:18 AM IST

New Delhi: Top business school Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is set to see a change in its governing body with industrialist Mukesh Ambani being replaced by Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as chairperson, according to

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Mukesh Ambani will rule if Modi comes to power, says Arvind kejriwal

Politics | Feb 18, 2014, 07:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has decided to take BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi head on in upcoming general elections.In an exclusive interview to a leading economic daily,  Kejriwal said that

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Veerappa Moily, Mukesh Ambani not named in FIR

Politics | Feb 12, 2014, 05:28 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after Arvind Kejriwal declared that an FIR be filed against Industries chairman against Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Veerappa Moily over gas pricing issue, the FIR filed does not mention

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Delhi chief minister orders ACB to file FIRs against Moily, Deora, Mukesh Ambani

Feb 11, 2014, 11:50 AM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today ordered the Anti-Corruption Bureau to file FIRs against Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, Reliance Industries Ltd, its chairman Mukesh Ambani and V

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We can team up with Airtel for 4G: Mukesh Ambani

Dec 10, 2013, 10:48 AM IST

Mohali: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday said his company is open to joining hands with Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel for improving telecom network for 4G services in Punjab.The two companies also announced their

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Not done any favour to RIL, Veerappa Moily tells SC

Nov 23, 2013, 03:52 PM IST

New Delhi: Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily has told the Supreme Court (SC) that he has not done any favour to Reliance Industries (RIL) and allegations levelled against him by Communist Party of India member

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