• Reliance bid to make India's largest global acquisition

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• Mukesh Ambani tops the Indian rich list with $32bn

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• Reliance to expand oil business

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Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
Mukesh Ambani
Born	April 19, 1957 (1957-04-19) (age 52) Colony of Aden, Aden Protectorate1
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 businessman⁴. 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 Rs. 196000 crores (INR) (according to Forbes), making him the wealthiest Indian in the world, the wealthiest man in Asia and the world's 7th wealthiest person.⁷

Mukesh and his younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Mukesh also owns the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians.

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

See also

• Antilia (building)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mukesh Ambani

• A Biography of Mukesh Ambani
• Mukesh Ambani - Information at Reliance Petroleum website.
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• Official Website of UICT:The Institute from where Mr.Mukesh Ambani earned his bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering
• [2]USIBC Award for Mr. Mukesh Ambani
• Mukesh Ambani is Economic Times Biz Leader of the Year
• Mukesh Ambani information at Reliance Industries website.
• Nita Ambani wife of Sh. Mukesh Ambani.
• legory:Reliance India's 40 Richest
• New York Times: Indian to the Core, and an Oligarch