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Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani

Mukesh Ambani
Born April 19, 1957 (1957-04-19) (age 52)
Colony of Aden, Aden Protectorate[1]
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Gujarati Baniya
Education University of Mumbai (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering)
Stanford University-Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA - drop-out)
Occupation Chairman, Managing Director of Reliance Industries
Net worth US$32.0 billion (2009)[2]
Religious beliefs Hindu
Spouse(s) Nita Ambani
Children Isha, Anant and Akash [3]

Mukesh Ambani (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden, Yemen) is a Indian engineer and businessman[4]. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company, which he got funded by purchasing large standby letters of credit, which were monetized by several Swiss banks which afforded him guaranteed loans for the purchase [5]. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%.[6] His wealth is valued at $ 32 Billion by Forbes, making him India's wealthiest person.[7] Mukesh and his younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Anil Ambani is also a billionaire and owns another company - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Mukesh also owns the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians.

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Achievements

Ambani (right) with Ratan Naval Tata and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Chosen the businessman of the year 2007 by a public poll in India conducted by NDTV
  • Conferred the United States-India Business Council (USIBC) leadership award for "Global Vision" 2007 in Washington.
  • Ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.
  • Conferred the World Communication Award for the Most Influential Person in Telecommunications in 2004 by Total Telecom, October, 2004.
  • Chosen Telecom Man of the Year 2004 by Voice and Data magazine, September 2004.
  • Ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful
  • Recorded as the first Trillionaire in India, June 2007.
  • Awarded the "Chitralekha Person of the Year Award -- 2007" by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Former Chairman of IIM-B
  • Honorary Fellow of IChemE (the Institution of Chemical Engineers)

Personal life

Mukesh likes to visit Kruger National Park in South Africa.[8] The latest item in his portfolio is cricket. He owns the Mumbai Indians team. His bid of $111.9 million dollars pipped Vijay Mallya's chances of owning the team. Vijay Mallya's bid was of 111.6 million dollars. He is married to Nita Ambani [9]

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