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).
