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| nationality = Indian
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|[[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]|[[Institute of Chemical Technology]] (B.E.)}}
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|[[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]|[[Institute of Chemical Technology]] (B.E.)}}
| occupation = [[Businessman]]
| occupation = [[Businessman]]
| years_active = 1981-present
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| title = [[Chairman]] and [[MD]] of [[Reliance Industries]]
| organization = [[Reliance Industries]]
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| title = [[Chair (officer)|Chairman]] and [[Chief executive officer|MD]] of [[Reliance Industries]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Nita Ambani]]|1985}}<ref name="marriage">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2016/04/06/meet-nita-ambani-the-first-lady-of-indian-business/ |title=Meet Nita Ambani, The First Lady of Indian Business |work=[[Forbes]] |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=15 January 2022 |first=Naazneen |last=Karmali |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518172943/https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2016/04/06/meet-nita-ambani-the-first-lady-of-indian-business/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Nita Ambani]]|1985}}<ref name="marriage">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2016/04/06/meet-nita-ambani-the-first-lady-of-indian-business/ |title=Meet Nita Ambani, The First Lady of Indian Business |work=[[Forbes]] |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=15 January 2022 |first=Naazneen |last=Karmali |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518172943/https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2016/04/06/meet-nita-ambani-the-first-lady-of-indian-business/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| children = 3, including [[Akash Ambani|Akash]]
| children = 3, including [[Akash Ambani|Akash]]
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'''Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani''' (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and managing director of [[Reliance Industries]].<ref name="aboutus2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html|title=Mukesh Ambani :: RIL :: Reliance Group of Industries|publisher=[[Reliance Industries Limited]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416033537/http://ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html|archive-date=16 April 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> He is the richest person in Asia and 11th richest in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Ambani |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Forbes |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Real Time Billionaires List: Mukesh Ambani |url=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Forbes |language=en }}</ref>
'''Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani''' (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and managing director of [[Reliance Industries]].<ref name="aboutus2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html|title=Mukesh Ambani :: RIL :: Reliance Group of Industries|publisher=[[Reliance Industries Limited]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416033537/http://ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html|archive-date=16 April 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> He is the richest person in Asia and [[The World's Billionaires|9th richest in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Ambani |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Forbes |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Real Time Billionaires List: Mukesh Ambani |url=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Forbes |language=en }}</ref>


Sometimes characterized as a [[Plutocracy|plutocrat]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/business/2023/04/03/meet-asias-millennial-plutocrats |title=Meet Asia's millennial plutocrats |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723215142/https://www.economist.com/business/2023/04/03/meet-asias-millennial-plutocrats |url-status=live }}</ref> he has attracted both fame and notoriety for reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/blind-ambition/200504 |title=Blind Ambition|website=Outlookindia.com/|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021254/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/blind-ambition/200504|archive-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-history-of-controversies/200497|title=A History Of Controversies|date=29 January 2022 |access-date=24 July 2023|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428145257/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-history-of-controversies/200497|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/NICL-scam-CBI-files-charges-against-Reliance-Industries-Limited-4-retired-insurance-firm-employees/articleshow/11761605.cms|title=NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710230142/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/NICL-scam-CBI-files-charges-against-Reliance-Industries-Limited-4-retired-insurance-firm-employees/articleshow/11761605.cms|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cag-report-on-kg-basin-puts-ril-in-the-dock%E2%80%8E/1/150531.html|title=CAG flays Oil Min for allowing RIL to retain D6 area|website=India Today|date=8 September 2011 |access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105162550/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cag-report-on-kg-basin-puts-ril-in-the-dock%E2%80%8E/1/150531.html|archive-date=5 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/982968/sebi-fines-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-rs-40-crore-for-manipulative-trades-in-2007|title=SEBI fines Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani Rs 40 crore for 'manipulative trades' in 2007|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|date=2 January 2021 |access-date=31 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129083618/https://scroll.in/latest/982968/sebi-fines-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-rs-40-crore-for-manipulative-trades-in-2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
Sometimes characterized as a [[Plutocracy|plutocrat]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/business/2023/04/03/meet-asias-millennial-plutocrats |title=Meet Asia's millennial plutocrats |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723215142/https://www.economist.com/business/2023/04/03/meet-asias-millennial-plutocrats |url-status=live }}</ref> he has attracted both fame and notoriety for reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/blind-ambition/200504 |title=Blind Ambition|website=Outlookindia.com/|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021254/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/blind-ambition/200504|archive-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-history-of-controversies/200497|title=A History Of Controversies|date=29 January 2022 |access-date=24 July 2023|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428145257/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-history-of-controversies/200497|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/NICL-scam-CBI-files-charges-against-Reliance-Industries-Limited-4-retired-insurance-firm-employees/articleshow/11761605.cms|title=NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710230142/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/NICL-scam-CBI-files-charges-against-Reliance-Industries-Limited-4-retired-insurance-firm-employees/articleshow/11761605.cms|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cag-report-on-kg-basin-puts-ril-in-the-dock%E2%80%8E/1/150531.html|title=CAG flays Oil Min for allowing RIL to retain D6 area|website=India Today|date=8 September 2011 |access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105162550/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cag-report-on-kg-basin-puts-ril-in-the-dock%E2%80%8E/1/150531.html|archive-date=5 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/982968/sebi-fines-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-rs-40-crore-for-manipulative-trades-in-2007|title=SEBI fines Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani Rs 40 crore for 'manipulative trades' in 2007|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|date=2 January 2021 |access-date=31 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129083618/https://scroll.in/latest/982968/sebi-fines-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-rs-40-crore-for-manipulative-trades-in-2007|url-status=live}}</ref>


In October 2024, Ambani was ranked 1st on the Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, with a net worth of $119.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2024 |title=India’s 100 Richest |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/ |website=India’s 100 Richest}}</ref>
In October 2024, Ambani was ranked 1st on the Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, with a net worth of $119.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2024 |title=India's 100 Richest |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/ |website=India’s 100 Richest}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 in the British [[Crown colony]] of [[Colony of Aden|Aden]] (present-day [[Yemen]]) into a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family to [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] and Kokilaben Ambani. He has a younger brother [[Anil Ambani]] and two sisters, Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari and Dipti Dattaraj Salgaonkar.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 in the British [[Crown colony]] of [[Colony of Aden|Aden]] (present-day [[Yemen]]) into a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family to [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] and Kokilaben Ambani. He has a younger brother [[Anil Ambani]] and two sisters, Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari and Dipti Dattaraj Salgaonkar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani's lesser- known sister, she had a love marriage, her children are... |url=https://www.india.com/viral/meet-mukesh-ambani-anil-ambanis-lesser-known-sister-deepti-salgaokar-had-a-love-marriage-her-children-are-isheta-neeshal-7288455/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref>


Ambani lived only briefly in Yemen because his father decided to move back to India in 1958 to start a trading business that focused on spices and textiles.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Shyamal|last=Majumdar|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/special/pix-special-how-dhirubhai-ambani-changed-the-idiom-of-doing-business/20150114.htm|title=How Dhirubhai Ambani changed the style of doing business in India|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=14 January 2015|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220200019/https://www.rediff.com/money/special/pix-special-how-dhirubhai-ambani-changed-the-idiom-of-doing-business/20150114.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter was originally named "Vimal" but later changed to "Only Vimal".<ref>{{Cite news|first=Piyush|last=Pandey|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ril-set-to-part-with-only-vimal-brand/articleshow/14327681.cms|title=RIL set to part with 'Only Vimal' brand|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 June 2012|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519055316/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ril-set-to-part-with-only-vimal-brand/articleshow/14327681.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.truthofthoughts.com/life-story-of-mukesh-ambani/|title=Life story of Mukesh Ambani|website=truthofthoughts.com|language=en-US|date=23 February 2017|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915004924/http://www.truthofthoughts.com/life-story-of-mukesh-ambani|url-status=live}}</ref> His family lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in [[Bhuleshwar]], [[Mumbai]] until the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/may/11ambani.htm|title=Reliance didn't grow on permit raj: Anil Ambani|date=11 May 2002|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813013313/http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/may/11ambani.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The family's financial status slightly improved when they moved to India but Ambani still lived in a [[communal society]], used [[public transport]]ation, and never received an allowance.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html|title=Meet Mukesh Ambani: India's Richest Man|last=Giridharadas|first=Anand|date=15 June 2008|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314041705/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dhirubhai later purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in [[Colaba]], where Ambani and his brother lived with their families on different floors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/asia/29mumbai.html?ref=global&pagewanted=all|title=Soaring Above India's Poverty, a 27-Story Home|last=Yardley|first=Jim|date=28 October 2010|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123193243/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/asia/29mumbai.html?ref=global&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ambani lived only briefly in Yemen because his father decided to move back to India in 1958 to start a trading business that focused on spices and textiles.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Shyamal|last=Majumdar|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/special/pix-special-how-dhirubhai-ambani-changed-the-idiom-of-doing-business/20150114.htm|title=How Dhirubhai Ambani changed the style of doing business in India|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=14 January 2015|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220200019/https://www.rediff.com/money/special/pix-special-how-dhirubhai-ambani-changed-the-idiom-of-doing-business/20150114.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter was originally named "Vimal" but later changed to "Only Vimal".<ref>{{Cite news|first=Piyush|last=Pandey|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ril-set-to-part-with-only-vimal-brand/articleshow/14327681.cms|title=RIL set to part with 'Only Vimal' brand|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 June 2012|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519055316/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ril-set-to-part-with-only-vimal-brand/articleshow/14327681.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.truthofthoughts.com/life-story-of-mukesh-ambani/|title=Life story of Mukesh Ambani|website=truthofthoughts.com|language=en-US|date=23 February 2017|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915004924/http://www.truthofthoughts.com/life-story-of-mukesh-ambani|url-status=live}}</ref> His family lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in [[Bhuleshwar]], [[Mumbai]] until the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/may/11ambani.htm|title=Reliance didn't grow on permit raj: Anil Ambani|date=11 May 2002|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813013313/http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/may/11ambani.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The family's financial status slightly improved when they moved to India but Ambani still lived in a [[communal society]], used [[public transport]]ation, and never received an allowance.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html|title=Meet Mukesh Ambani: India's Richest Man|last=Giridharadas|first=Anand|date=15 June 2008|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314041705/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dhirubhai later purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in [[Colaba]], where Ambani and his brother lived with their families on different floors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/asia/29mumbai.html?ref=global&pagewanted=all|title=Soaring Above India's Poverty, a 27-Story Home|last=Yardley|first=Jim|date=28 October 2010|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123193243/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/asia/29mumbai.html?ref=global&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Ambani attended the [[Hill Grange High School]] at [[Peddar Road]], [[Mumbai]], along with his brother and [[Anand Jain]], who later became his close associate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20050117-anand-jain-a-bone-of-contention-between-the-ambani-brothers-788340-2005-01-17|title=Anand Jain: A bone of contention between the Ambani brothers|last=Bhupta|first=Malini|date=17 January 2005|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[India Today]]|language=en|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202936/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20050117-anand-jain-a-bone-of-contention-between-the-ambani-brothers-788340-2005-01-17|url-status=live}}</ref> After his secondary schooling, he studied at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Kasmin |last=Fernandes |title=St. Xavier's is the Indian Hogwarts |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/st-xaviers-is-the-indian-hogwarts/68236 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=2 January 2010 |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804122607/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/st-xaviers-is-the-indian-hogwarts/68236 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then received a [[Bachelor of Engineering|BE]] degree in [[chemical engineering]] from the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]].<ref name="childhood">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17inter.htm|title=Mukesh Ambani on his childhood, youth|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=19 January 2007|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926063323/http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17inter.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ambani |first1=Mukesh |title=Re-Orienting Education at UDCT |journal=[[Institute of Chemical Technology#The Bombay Technologist|The Bombay Technologist]] |year=2001 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=33–35 |url=http://www.bombaytechnologist.org/index.php/bombaytechnologist/article/view/128789 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612215122/http://www.bombaytechnologist.org/index.php/bombaytechnologist/article/view/128789 |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |url-status=dead |language=en |issn=0067-9925}}</ref>
Ambani attended the [[Hill Grange High School]] at [[Peddar Road]], [[Mumbai]], along with his brother and [[Anand Jain]], who later became his close associate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20050117-anand-jain-a-bone-of-contention-between-the-ambani-brothers-788340-2005-01-17|title=Anand Jain: A bone of contention between the Ambani brothers|last=Bhupta|first=Malini|date=17 January 2005|access-date=10 August 2021|work=[[India Today]]|language=en|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202936/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20050117-anand-jain-a-bone-of-contention-between-the-ambani-brothers-788340-2005-01-17|url-status=live}}</ref> After his secondary schooling, he studied at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Kasmin |last=Fernandes |title=St. Xavier's is the Indian Hogwarts |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/st-xaviers-is-the-indian-hogwarts/68236 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=2 January 2010 |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804122607/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/st-xaviers-is-the-indian-hogwarts/68236 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then received a [[Bachelor of Engineering|BE]] degree in [[chemical engineering]] from the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]].<ref name="childhood">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17inter.htm|title=Mukesh Ambani on his childhood, youth|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=19 January 2007|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926063323/http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17inter.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ambani |first1=Mukesh |title=Re-Orienting Education at UDCT |journal=[[Institute of Chemical Technology#The Bombay Technologist|The Bombay Technologist]] |year=2001 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=33–35 |url=http://www.bombaytechnologist.org/index.php/bombaytechnologist/article/view/128789 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612215122/http://www.bombaytechnologist.org/index.php/bombaytechnologist/article/view/128789 |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |url-status=dead |language=en |issn=0067-9925}}</ref>


Ambani later enrolled for an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] at [[Stanford University]] (where [[Steve Ballmer]] was his classmate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pandey |first=Piyush |date=2020-07-15 |title=Will Mukesh Ambani overtake his Stanford classmate Steve Ballmer to become world’s 5th richest? |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/will-mukesh-ambani-overtake-his-stanford-classmate-steve-ballmer-to-become-worlds-5th-richest-5550891.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=Moneycontrol}}</ref>) but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise.<ref name="childhood" /> His father felt that real-life skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.<ref name=":1" />
Ambani later enrolled for an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] at [[Stanford University]] (where [[Steve Ballmer]] was his classmate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pandey |first=Piyush |date=2020-07-15 |title=Will Mukesh Ambani overtake his Stanford classmate Steve Ballmer to become world's 5th richest? |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/will-mukesh-ambani-overtake-his-stanford-classmate-steve-ballmer-to-become-worlds-5th-richest-5550891.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=Moneycontrol}}</ref>) but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise.<ref name="childhood" /> His father felt that real-life skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.<ref name=":1" />


Ambani was influenced by his teachers [[William F. Sharpe]] and [[Man Mohan Sharma]] because they are "the kind of professors who made you think out of the box."<ref name="childhood" />
Ambani was influenced by his teachers [[William F. Sharpe]] and [[Man Mohan Sharma]] because they are "the kind of professors who made you think out of the box."<ref name="childhood" />
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On July 12 to 14, 2024, the [[wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant]] was held as a 3-day event that took place at the [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]] building and [[Jio]] Convention Center in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2024 |title=Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to throw a grand wedding for his son. Here's what to know |url=https://apnews.com/article/anant-ambani-radhika-mukesh-ambani-wedding-mumbai-f9c517e2d315e0b0f045b4275c44ac71 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=[[AP News]] |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709025516/https://apnews.com/article/anant-ambani-radhika-mukesh-ambani-wedding-mumbai-f9c517e2d315e0b0f045b4275c44ac71 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 July 2024 |title=Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant: Bieber performs at India's mega wedding |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1de8gzevpo |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710154423/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1de8gzevpo |url-status=live }}</ref> It had been described as India's "wedding of the year"<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=3 July 2024 |title=The son of Asia's richest man is getting married in one of India's most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/style/anant-ambani-radhika-merchant-wedding-preview-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> and "India’s own royal wedding".<ref name="Ellis-Petersen">{{Cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2024 |title=Ambani wedding: after months of celebrations, the 'Windsors of India' finally set to marry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/ambani-wedding-india-anant-radhika-merchant-mumbai-guests |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725004355/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/ambani-wedding-india-anant-radhika-merchant-mumbai-guests |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as introducing "the world to [India]'s [[Gilded Age]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Das |first=Anupreeta |author-link=Anupreeta Das|date=12 July 2024 |title=A Wedding Puts India's Gilded Age on Lavish Display |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/asia/india-ambani-wedding-billionaire.html |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713001533/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/asia/india-ambani-wedding-billionaire.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Estimates for the wedding's cost range from $300 million<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/an-insight-into-mukesh-ambani-s-empire-and-how-he-became-asia-s-richest-man-1.750368|title=An insight into Mukesh Ambani's empire and how he became Asia's richest man|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=15 July 2018|access-date=10 August 2021|language=en}}</ref> to $600 million,<ref name="Ellis-Petersen"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=iyer |first=rahul |date=2024-07-27 |title=Anant Ambani: A Glimpse into His Life and Legacy |url=https://www.leaderbiography.com/anant-ambani/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Leader Biography |language=en}}</ref> and had led to criticism regarding [[Wealth distribution by country|wealth inequality in India]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Mithil |last2=Chhetri |first2=Aishwarya Thapa |date=12 July 2024 |title='The crazy richest wedding ever': Son of Asia's richest man marries after months of lavish events |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ambani-wedding-india-mumbai-global-elite-kardashians-bill-gates-rcna161364 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713001533/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ambani-wedding-india-mumbai-global-elite-kardashians-bill-gates-rcna161364 |url-status=live }}</ref> Anant Ambani recently donated a crown to [[Lalbaugcha Raja]] worth 15 crores.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-06 |title=Anant Ambani donates 20 kg gold crown worth Rs 15 crore to Lalbaugcha Raja |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/anant-ambani-donates-20-kg-gold-crown-worth-rs-15-crore-to-lalbaugcha-raja-2595102-2024-09-06 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
On July 12 to 14, 2024, the [[wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant]] was held as a 3-day event that took place at the [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]] building and [[Jio]] Convention Center in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2024 |title=Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to throw a grand wedding for his son. Here's what to know |url=https://apnews.com/article/anant-ambani-radhika-mukesh-ambani-wedding-mumbai-f9c517e2d315e0b0f045b4275c44ac71 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=[[AP News]] |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709025516/https://apnews.com/article/anant-ambani-radhika-mukesh-ambani-wedding-mumbai-f9c517e2d315e0b0f045b4275c44ac71 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 July 2024 |title=Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant: Bieber performs at India's mega wedding |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1de8gzevpo |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710154423/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1de8gzevpo |url-status=live }}</ref> It had been described as India's "wedding of the year"<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=3 July 2024 |title=The son of Asia's richest man is getting married in one of India's most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/style/anant-ambani-radhika-merchant-wedding-preview-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> and "India’s own royal wedding".<ref name="Ellis-Petersen">{{Cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2024 |title=Ambani wedding: after months of celebrations, the 'Windsors of India' finally set to marry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/ambani-wedding-india-anant-radhika-merchant-mumbai-guests |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725004355/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/ambani-wedding-india-anant-radhika-merchant-mumbai-guests |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as introducing "the world to [India]'s [[Gilded Age]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Das |first=Anupreeta |author-link=Anupreeta Das|date=12 July 2024 |title=A Wedding Puts India's Gilded Age on Lavish Display |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/asia/india-ambani-wedding-billionaire.html |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713001533/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/asia/india-ambani-wedding-billionaire.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Estimates for the wedding's cost range from $300 million<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/an-insight-into-mukesh-ambani-s-empire-and-how-he-became-asia-s-richest-man-1.750368|title=An insight into Mukesh Ambani's empire and how he became Asia's richest man|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=15 July 2018|access-date=10 August 2021|language=en}}</ref> to $600 million,<ref name="Ellis-Petersen"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=iyer |first=rahul |date=2024-07-27 |title=Anant Ambani: A Glimpse into His Life and Legacy |url=https://www.leaderbiography.com/anant-ambani/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Leader Biography |language=en}}</ref> and had led to criticism regarding [[Wealth distribution by country|wealth inequality in India]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Mithil |last2=Chhetri |first2=Aishwarya Thapa |date=12 July 2024 |title='The crazy richest wedding ever': Son of Asia's richest man marries after months of lavish events |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ambani-wedding-india-mumbai-global-elite-kardashians-bill-gates-rcna161364 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713001533/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ambani-wedding-india-mumbai-global-elite-kardashians-bill-gates-rcna161364 |url-status=live }}</ref> Anant Ambani recently donated a crown to [[Lalbaugcha Raja]] worth 15 crores.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-06 |title=Anant Ambani donates 20 kg gold crown worth Rs 15 crore to Lalbaugcha Raja |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/anant-ambani-donates-20-kg-gold-crown-worth-rs-15-crore-to-lalbaugcha-raja-2595102-2024-09-06 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>


He has also recently acquired a [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 Max 9]] aircraft, becoming India's first private owner of the aircraft. Purchased for about Rs 1000 crore, the plane will be used by the Ambani family for their long-distance travels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Ambani acquires India’s first Boeing 737 Max 9 private aircraft: What's special about it? |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/celebrity-travel/2024/09/19/mukesh-ambani-private-jet-boeing-737-max-9.amp.html |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref>
He has also recently acquired a [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 Max 9]] aircraft, becoming India's first private owner of the aircraft. Purchased for about Rs 1000 crore, the plane will be used by the Ambani family for their long-distance travels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Ambani acquires India's first Boeing 737 Max 9 private aircraft: What's special about it? |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/celebrity-travel/2024/09/19/mukesh-ambani-private-jet-boeing-737-max-9.amp.html |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref>


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Mukesh Ambani
Ambani in 2004
Born
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani

(1957-04-19) 19 April 1957 (age 67)
Aden, Colony of Aden
(present-day Yemen)[1][2]
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1981-present
OrganizationReliance Industries
TitleChairman and MD of Reliance Industries
Spouse
​
(m. 1985)​
[3]
Children3, including Akash
Parents
RelativesAnil Ambani (brother)
Tina Ambani (sister-in-law)

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries.[4] He is the richest person in Asia and 9th richest in the world.[5][6]

Sometimes characterized as a plutocrat,[7] he has attracted both fame and notoriety for reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation.[8][9][10][11][12]

In October 2024, Ambani was ranked 1st on the Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, with a net worth of $119.5 billion.[13]

Early life

Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 in the British Crown colony of Aden (present-day Yemen) into a Gujarati Hindu family to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani. He has a younger brother Anil Ambani and two sisters, Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari and Dipti Dattaraj Salgaonkar.[14]

Ambani lived only briefly in Yemen because his father decided to move back to India in 1958 to start a trading business that focused on spices and textiles.[15] The latter was originally named "Vimal" but later changed to "Only Vimal".[16][17] His family lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the 1970s.[18] The family's financial status slightly improved when they moved to India but Ambani still lived in a communal society, used public transportation, and never received an allowance.[19] Dhirubhai later purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in Colaba, where Ambani and his brother lived with their families on different floors.[20]

Education

Ambani attended the Hill Grange High School at Peddar Road, Mumbai, along with his brother and Anand Jain, who later became his close associate.[21] After his secondary schooling, he studied at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[22] He then received a BE degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology.[23][24]

Ambani later enrolled for an MBA at Stanford University (where Steve Ballmer was his classmate[25]) but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise.[23] His father felt that real-life skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.[19]

Ambani was influenced by his teachers William F. Sharpe and Man Mohan Sharma because they are "the kind of professors who made you think out of the box."[23]

Career

Mukesh Ambani set up Reliance Infocomm Limited (later Reliance Communications Limited), which was focused on information and communications technology initiatives.[26] At the age of 24, Ambani was given charge of the construction of Patalganga petrochemical plant when the company was heavily investing in oil refinery and petrochemicals.[27]

Ambani directed and led the creation of the world's largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, which could produce 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per year) in 2010, integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port, and related infrastructure.[28] In December 2013 Ambani announced the possibility of a "collaborative venture" with Bharti Airtel in setting up digital infrastructure for the 4G network in India.[29] On 18 June 2014, Ambani said he will invest Rs 1.8 trillion (short scale) across businesses in the next three years and launch 4G broadband services in 2015.[30]

Secretary Clinton meets with India's business leaders. From left to right: Ratan Tata, Charmain of the Tata Group; Secretary Clinton; Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries.

In February 2014, a First Information Report (FIR) alleging criminal offences was filed against Ambani for alleged irregularities in the pricing of natural gas from the KG basin.[31]

Ambani was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for engineering and business leadership in oil refineries, petrochemical products, and related industries.[32]

As of 2015, Ambani ranked fifth among India's philanthropists, according to China's Hurun Research Institute.[33] He was appointed as a Director of Bank of America and became the first non-American to be on its board.[34] As of 2016, Ambani was ranked as the 36th richest person in the world and has consistently held the title of India's richest person on Forbes magazine's list for the past ten years.[35] He is the only Indian businessman on Forbes' list of the world's most powerful people.[36] He surpassed Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group,[37] to become Asia's richest person with a net worth of $44.3 billion in July 2018.[38] He is also the wealthiest person in the world outside North America and Europe.[39]

As of February 2018, Bloomberg's "Robin Hood Index" estimated that Ambani's personal wealth was enough to fund the operations of the Indian federal government for 20 days.[40]

Through Reliance, he also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians and is the founder of the Indian Super League, a football league in India.[41]

Board memberships

Awards and honors

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at an event gives The Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence to Shri Mukesh Ambani
Year of Award or Honor Name of Award or Honor Awarding Organization
2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year[44] Ernst & Young India
2010 Global Vision Award at The Awards Dinner[45] Asia Society
2010 School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean's Medal[46] University of Pennsylvania
2010 ranked 5th-best performing global CEO[47] Harvard Business Review
2010 Global Leadership Award[48] Business Council for International Understanding
2016 Foreign associate, U.S. National Academy of Engineering[49][50] National Academy of Engineering
2016 Othmer Gold Medal[51][52] Chemical Heritage Foundation

Stock manipulation and penalty

For manipulating shares of Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL), Reliance Industries was fined Rs. 950 crores (9.5 billion), split into 447 crores (4.47 billion) in retracted gains and 500 crores (5 billion) in interest in 2007.[53] In April 2006, RPL went public as a Reliance subsidiary for Rs. 60 per share. The market crashed by 30% after it floated at roughly Rs. 100, and RPL was back at 60. By Securities and Exchange Board of India directive, RIL carried out an organised operation with the help of its agents to obtain unauthorised profits from the trading of its formerly listed unit, RPL, which was combined with the former in 2009.[54][55][56][57][58]

Personal life

The Ambani family at the reception of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in 2018.[59]
Mukesh Ambani attending the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre Gala on Day 2.

He married Nita Ambani in 1985 and they have two sons, Akash (born 23 October 1991) and Anant (born April 10, 1995),[60] and a daughter, Isha, who is Akash's twin.[61][3][62] They met after his father attended a dance performance which Nita took part in and thought of the idea of arranging a marriage between the two.[63]

They live in Antilia, a private 27-storey building in Mumbai, which was valued at US$1 billion and was the most expensive private residence in the world at the time it was built.[64][65] The building requires a staff of 600 for maintenance, and it includes three helipads, a 160-car garage, private movie theatre, swimming pool, and fitness centre.[66]

Ambani was titled "The World's Richest Sports Team Owner" after he purchased the IPL cricket team Mumbai Indians for $111.9 million in 2008.[67][68]

Mukesh Ambani is a strict vegetarian and teetotaler.[69]

During the fiscal year ending 31 March 2012, he reportedly decided to forgo nearly ₹240 million from his annual pay as chief of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). He elected to do this even as RIL's total remuneration packages to its top management personnel increased during that fiscal year. Mukesh Ambani holds a 50.4% stake in the company.[70] This move kept his salary capped at ₹150 million for the fourth year in a row.[71]

In early 2019, a court in Mumbai held his younger brother, Anil Ambani, in criminal contempt for non-payment of personally guaranteed debt Reliance Communications owed to Swedish gearmaker Ericsson. Instead of jail time, the court gave Anil a month to come up with the funds. At the end of the month, Mukesh Ambani bailed out his younger brother, paying the debt.[72] In 2021, he was the subject of a bomb scare when a green Mahindra Scorpio SUV packed with explosives was found near a Mumbai skyscraper housing Ambani.[73] In 2023, he received a death threat via email.[74]

On July 12 to 14, 2024, the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant was held as a 3-day event that took place at the Antilia building and Jio Convention Center in Mumbai.[75][76] It had been described as India's "wedding of the year"[75][77] and "India’s own royal wedding".[78] The New York Times described it as introducing "the world to [India]'s Gilded Age".[79] Estimates for the wedding's cost range from $300 million[80] to $600 million,[78][81] and had led to criticism regarding wealth inequality in India.[82] Anant Ambani recently donated a crown to Lalbaugcha Raja worth 15 crores.[83]

He has also recently acquired a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, becoming India's first private owner of the aircraft. Purchased for about Rs 1000 crore, the plane will be used by the Ambani family for their long-distance travels.[84]

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