Mukesh Ambani
Personal Profile
Mukesh Ambani
Birth Name:
Mukesh Dhirubhai AmbaniDate of Birth:
April 19, 1957Zodiac Sign:
TaurusPlace of Birth:
Colony of Aden, YemenSex:
MaleHair Color:
Black Nationality:
IndianReligion:
HinduismEducation:
Abaay Morischa School, Mumbai
University of Mumbai
Stanford Business SchoolAddress:
3rd Floor Maker Chambers IV
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 021
Phone:
91 22 2284 7000Fax:
91 22 2204 2268
Family
Mukesh Ambani
Father:
Dhirubhai Hirachand AmbaniMother:
Kokilaben AmbaniBrother:
Anil AmbaniSister:
Dipti, NinaSpouse:
Nita AmbaniSon:
Akash
AnantDaughter:
Isha
Career
Mukesh Ambani
Profession:
BusinessmanClaim to Fame:
Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector companyDebut:
Joined Reliance in 1981
Awards
Mukesh Ambani
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 People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004
Conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA, May 2004
Ranked No.1 for the second consecutive year, in The Power List 2004 published by India Today, March 2004
Awarded the "Chitralekha Person of the Year Award -- 2007" by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
Honorary Fellow of IChemE (the Institution of Chemical Engineers)
Trivia
Mukesh Ambani
- Mukesh Ambani was ranked second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.
submitted by - Amit Kher
- Mukesh Ambani was ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders.
submitted by - Mandy John
- World's largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar is the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani.
submitted by - Amit Rank
- His wealth is valued at US$43 billion (according to Forbes), making him the richest man in Asia.
submitted by - Aksh Dhiman
- His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%.
submitted by - Nicky Status
Quotes
Mukesh Ambani
- We call it infectious impatience. That's his hallmark and we are trying to inculcate it in the entire organization. Infectious impatience. So that things not only get done but get done in double quick time. - Unknown
submitted by - Sneha Dhiman
- As long as we place millions of Indians at the canter of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self realization we are on the right track. For India can grow, prosper, flourish only if they grow, prosper, flourish. We cannot grow by any esoteric strategies. Our purchasing power, our economic strength, our marketplace all depends on the prosperity of our people. - Unknown
submitted by - Amit Rank
- The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don’t count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on. - Unknown
submitted by - Dr. Reddy Labs
- I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times. - Unknown
submitted by - Chotu Dhiman
Biography
Mukesh Ambani
Last Updated: Saturday, May 01, 2010
Mukesh Ambani is the face of new emerging India. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector company. His father Dhirubhai Ambani was then a small businessman who later on rose to become one of the legends of Indian industry. Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector company; Chosen as ET Business Leader of the Year 2006; Ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.
Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and was the brain behind Reliance's backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals. During the process of backward integration, Mukesh Ambani led the creation of 51 new, world-class manufacturing facilities involving diverse technologies that raised Reliance's manufacturing capacities manifold.
World's largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar is the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani. He was also the incharge of Dhirubhai's dream project Reliance Infocomm. But after the split in the Reliance Empire, Reliance Infocomm went to his brother Anil Ambani. Mukesh Ambani is now planning to enter retail sector in a big way. He has plans to establish big retail stores all over the country. Recently, he also entered into an agreement with Haryana Government to establish a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) with an investment running into thousands of crores.
Mukesh Ambani has many achievements and honours to his name. Mukesh Ambani was chosen as the ET Business leader of the Year 2006. He was ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.
Mukesh Ambani was conferred the World Communication Award for the Most Influential Person in Telecommunications in 2004 by Total Telecom, October, 2004. Mukesh Ambani was also conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA.