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 - dropped out)
Occupation	Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries
Net worth	▲US$32 billion (2009)23
Religious beliefs	Hinduism
Spouse(s)	Nita Ambani
Children	Isha, Anant and Akash 4

Mukesh Ambani (Gujarati:મુકેશ અંબાની ) (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden, Yemen) is an Indian business tycoon.⁵ 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.⁶ His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%.⁷ His wealth is valued at $ 32 Billion by Forbes, making him India's wealthiest person.⁸ 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.

Achievements

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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

• 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)

• Conferred the Penn Engineering Dean’s Medal for application of engineering and technology in January 2010

Personal life

Mukesh likes to visit Kruger National Park in South Africa.⁹ 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.^{citation needed} He is married to Nita Ambani.¹⁰ He has also made the highest bid for Kieron Pollard a West Indies player.^{citation needed}

See also

• Antilia (building)

References

External links

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• Mukesh Ambai bidding for Liverpool Football Club
• A Biography of Mukesh Ambani
• Mukesh vs Anil
• 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