Mukesh Ambani

Chairman of Reliance Industries and owner of Mumbai Indians.

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest public company in India by market capitalisation. He is widely recognized as one of the richest individuals in Asia and the world, with a net worth that has consistently placed him among the global elite.

Quick Facts

Birth name

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani

Born

19 April 1957

Birthplace

Aden, Aden Colony

Education

St. Xavier's College
Bombay
Institute of Chemical Technology (B.E.)

Occupation

Businessman

Years active

1981–present

Organization

Reliance Industries

Spouse

Nita Dalal, 8 March 1985

Lore & Background

Born in 1957 to Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, and Kokilaben in Aden, Mukesh Ambani completed his studies at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and Institute of Chemical Technology. He dropped out of Stanford University in 1980 to join Reliance Industries. He expanded the energy ventures of the company, and directed the set up of its largest petroleum refinery at Jamnagar. He took an increasing role in the company after his father developed health issues in the late 1980s. After the death of his father in 2002, the ownership of the companies in the group was divided between him and his younger brother Anil Ambani. Later, he expanded the portfolio of the group and launched or acquired several ventures in energy, finance, healthcare, media, telecommunications, and sports.

Reader's Guide

Through Reliance, Ambani owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. He is the founder of the Indian Super League, a football league in India. He married Nita Ambani in 1985 and they have two sons, Akash and Anant, and a daughter, Isha Ambani. They live in Antilia, a private 27-storey building in Mumbai.

Did You Know?

As of 2016, Ambani was ranked as the 36th richest person in the world and has been India's richest person for most of the past ten years, though his brother Anil briefly surpassed him in 2008.
He surpassed Jack Ma to become Asia's richest person with a net worth of $44.3 billion in July 2018.