Nita Ambani

Owner of Mumbai Indians and chairperson of Reliance Foundation.

Nita Mukesh Ambani (née Ravindra Dalal; born 1 November 1963) is an Indian businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation, Dhirubhai Ambani International School and a director of Reliance Industries. She is married to Reliance Industries Limited's chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani. With a family fortune estimated in excess of US$113.5 billion (November 2025), the Ambanis are among the richest in the world. She is also an art collector and the owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Mumbai Indians.

Quick Facts

Birth name: Nita Ravindra Dalal
Born: 1 November 1963
Birthplace: Bombay, India
Education: Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics
Spouse: Mukesh Ambani (1985)
Organisation: Reliance Foundation; NMACC
Occupation: Businesswoman; Philanthropist
Relatives: Dhirubhai Ambani (father-in-law); Anil Ambani (brother-in-law)

Lore & Background

Nita Ravindra Dalal was born on 1 November 1964 in Bombay to Gujarati parents, Purnima and Ravindrabhai Dalal, and grew up middle class in the suburbs. She completed her bachelor's degree in commerce from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, and took up Bharatnatyam from an early age and grew to become a professional Bharatanatyam dancer. Her sister, Mamta Dalal, works as a school teacher. She met Mukesh Ambani when she was a school teacher and married him in 1985. After marriage, she worked as a teacher for a few years. She lives in the skyscraper private building, Antilia. They have two sons and a daughter; the elder two, twins, were born via IVF seven years after Nita and Mukesh's marriage. She conceived her younger son, Anant naturally, three years after the twins' birth. She is the grandmother of four toddlers.

Reader's Guide

Nita Mukesh Ambani is the founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Reliance Industries. In 2014 she was elected to the board of Reliance Industries. In August 2023, she resigned from her position on the board of directors of Reliance Industries, while retaining her role as the Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation. She continues to attend all RIL Board meetings as a permanent invitee. She is the co-owner of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians, which won the title in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. She led the ‘Education and sports for All’ initiative as part of Mumbai Indians' way of giving back to society. She is the founder of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School. On 4 August 2016, she was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee, its first Indian woman member. She launched the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre on 31 March 2023.

Did You Know?

She was listed as one of the 'fifty high and mighty Indians' by India Today in 2016.
She was conferred the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award 2017 by then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.
She received the Best Corporate Supporter of Indian Sports award from Times of India Sports Awards in 2018.
She was conferred with Miss World Humanitarian Award in 2024.