Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh
Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 19th April 1957, to Dhirubhai Ambani and
Kokilaben. He is Chairman and MD of Reliance Industry Limited, India’s
second most valuable company. RIL deals mainly in refining,
petrochemicals, and in the oil and gas sectors. Reliance Retail Ltd.,
another subsidiary, is the largest retailer in India. Mukesh Ambani was
also on the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and the
international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations. He
also served as the Chairman of the Board of Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore.
Education
Mukesh
Ambani completed his schooling from the Hill Grange High School in
Mumbai. Later he received BE degree in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Mumbai. Mukesh Ambani, for his higher studies, enrolled
for an MBA from Stanford University but from there he dropped out to
help his father build Reliance, which at that time was still a small but
rapidly growing enterprise.
Career
Mukesh
Ambani joined Reliance in 1981, and it was his brain which made it
possible to turn textile into polyester and further into petrochemicals,
petroleum refining rising up to oil and gas exploration and production.
While working in Reliance, Mukesh Ambani set up Reliance Infocomm
Limited, which was focused on information and communications technology
initiatives.
At Present
At
present he is working as chairman and MD of RIL and holds 44.7% shares
of the company. He is among the richest person in the world in Forbes
listing. He created world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at
Jamnagar, India.
Awards and Honors
Mukesh
Ambani is ranked 5th best performing CEO in the world by Harvard
Business Review in its ranking of top 50 global CEOs. In 2010, he was
given an Hon. DSc (Doctor of Science) degree by M.S. University, Baroda.
During his career he won many awards by different organizations like,
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, 2000 (by Ernst and Young
India), Global Vision Award, 2010 (by Asia Society), Business Leader of
the Year, 2010 (by NDTV India and Financial Chronicle), Global
Leadership Award, 2010 ( by Business Council for International
Understanding).
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