Dhirubhai Ambani
Personal Profile
Dhirubhai Ambani
Birth Name:
Dhirajlal Hirachand AmbaniDate of Birth:
December 28, 1932Zodiac Sign:
CapricornPlace of Birth:
Chorwad, Gujarat, British IndiaPlace of Death:
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDate of Death:
July 6, 2002Cause of Death:
Major strokeSex:
MaleNationality:
Indian
Family
Dhirubhai Ambani
Spouse:
Kokilaben AmbaniSon:
Mukesh Ambani, Anil AmbaniDaughter:
Nina Kothari, Deepti SalgaonkarRelation:
Nita Ambani, Tina Ambani
Career
Dhirubhai Ambani
Awards
Dhirubhai Ambani
November 2000 – 'Man of the Century'
2000, 1998 and 1996 – 'Power 50 - The most powerful people in Asia
June 1998 - Dean's Medal
August 2001 – Lifetime Achievement
Trivia
Dhirubhai Ambani
- He started the brand "Vimal", which was named after his elder brother Ramaniklal Ambani's son, Vimal Ambani.
submitted by - Amit Kher
- He started his first textile mill at Naroda, near Ahmedabad in the year 1966.
submitted by - Sanjeev Dhiman
- The business was setup in partnership with Champaklal Damani, his second cousin, who used to be with him in Aden, Yemen.
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- The primary business of Reliance Commercial Corporation was to import polyester yarn and export spices.
submitted by - Nihaal Jain
- Ten years later he returned to India and started the Reliance Commercial Corporation with a capital of Rs. 15,000.00.
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Quotes
Dhirubhai Ambani
- Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance's employees and shareholders will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have become irrelevant. - Unknown
submitted by - Amit Kher
- We cannot change our Rulers, but we can change the way they Rule Us. - Unknown
submitted by - Sandeep Sandeep Singh
- Don't give up, courage is my conviction. - Unknown
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- Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation. - Unknown
submitted by - Sandeep Sandeep Singh
- Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth - Unknown
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Biography
Dhirubhai Ambani
Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, one of the leading Indian businessmen, was born on December 28, 1932 in Chorwad, Gujarat. Popularly known as Dhirubhai Ambani, he heads The Reliance Industries, India's largest private enterprise.
Dhirubhai started off as a small time worker with Arab merchants in the 1950s and moved to Mumbai in 1958 to start his own business in spices. After making modest profits, he moved into textiles and opened his mill near Ahmedabad. Dhirubhai founded Reliance Industries in 1958. After that it was a saga of expansions and successes.
Reliance, acknowledged as one of the best-run companies in the world has various sectors like petrochemicals, textiles and is involved in the production of crude oil and gas, to polyester and polymer products. The companies refinery at Jamnagar accounts for over 25% of India's total refining capacity and their plant at Hazira is the biggest chemical complex in India. The company has further diversified into Telecom, Insurance and Internet Businesses, the Power Sector and so on. Now the Reliance group with over 85,000 employees provides almost 5% of the Central Government's total revenue.
Dhirubhai has been one among the select Forbes billionaires and has also figured in the Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia. His industrious nature and willingness to take on any risk has made him what he is. In 1986 after a heart attack he has handed over his empire to his two sons Anil and Mukesh. His sons are carrying on the successful tradition of their illustrious father.