Mukesh Ambani is a Legend and a multi millionaire Indian businessmen and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL). He is the richest man in Asia and the 17th richest person in the world as of March, 2020.

About Mukesh Ambani

Name : Mukesh Ambani
Nick Name : Muku
Born : 19 April 1957
Age : 62 year
Birth Place : Aden, Colony of Aden (present-day Yemen)
Nationality : Indian
Hometown : Mumbai
Education : 1. BE: Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai, India
2. MBA: Standford Univerasity, California, USA
School : Hill Grange High School, Peddar Road, Mumbai
Occupation : Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries
Net worth : $39.7 B
Spouse : Nita Ambani (m. 1985)
Children : 3 (Two son, One daughter)
(1) Akash Ambani
(2) Anant Ambani
(3) Isha Ambani
Parents : Dhirubhai Ambani, Kokilabne Ambani
Relatives : Anil Ambani (brother), Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari (sister), Dipti Dattaraj (sister)
Religion : Hindu
Caste : Vaishya (Gujarati Modh Vaniya)
Hobbies : Reading, Hanging out with friends, Watching movies, Jungle Adventure, Listening old Hindi song

Ambani lived only briefly in Yemen because his father Dhirubhai decided to move back to India in 1958. Because he want start a trading business that focused on spices and textiles.
The Foundation was originally named “Vimal” but after some time it changed to “Only Vimal”.

 

Family Detail Of Mukesh Ambani

His family lived in a bedroom apartment at Bhuleshwar in mumbai until the 1970s. Financial status slightly improved when ambani moved to India but ambani still lived in a communal society, used public transportation, and never received an allowance. Dhirubhai later purchased a apartment on 14th floor at ‘Sea Wind’ in Colaba.

Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bombay (now the University of Mumbai) and subsequently pursued a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University (USA). However, he left the program in 1981 to join the family business, where he worked to diversify the company, venturing into a vast array of areas, including communications, infrastructure, petrochemicals, petroleum refining, polyester fibres, and gas and oil production. In 2004 he was named one of the world’s most respected business leaders by the professional-services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
After his Father Dhirubhai Ambani’s death in 2002, Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil Ambani assumed joint leadership of the Reliance companies.

Because of feuds between brothers over control prompted, Kokilaben Ambani, to split Reliance’s assets using a noncompetition agreement (2006–10). Under which Mukesh assumed control of the gas, oil, and petrochemicals units as RIL under the umbrella of the Reliance Group.
He has been credited with creating the globe’s largest start-up petroleum refinery as well as spearheading the creation of several state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities that vastly increased RIL’s production capabilities.

Personal Life:

Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani

At the date 8th march 1985, Mukesh Ambani married with Nita Ambani and they have two sons Anant and Akash, and a daughter Isha. They met after his father attended a dance performance which Nita took part in and thought of the idea of arranging a marriage between the two.
They live in Antilia, a private 27-storey building in Mumbai, which was valued at US $1 billion and was the most expensive private residence in the world at the time it was built. The building requires a staff of 600 for maintenance, and it includes three helipads, a 160-car garage, private movie theater, swimming pool, and fitness center.

Mukesh Ambani found Reliance JIO at 15 February 2007, and have headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Jio coverage across all 22 telecom circles and only offers 4G service, and provide voice service on its 4G network using voice over LTE.

Mukesh Ambani was titled “The World’s Richest Sports Team Owner” after his purchase of the IPL cricket team Mumbai Indians for $111.9 million in 2008.

Some Lesser known facts about Mukesh Ambani

  • Mukesh Ambani does not smoke.
  • Mukesh Ambani does not drink alcohol.
  • He loved to play hockey in his school days.
  • Anand Jain, Adi Godrej and Anand Mahindra were his schoolmates and are some of his best friends.
  • He established the world’s largest refinery of 14th July 1999 at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
  • He started a super market chain (Reliance Fresh) in 2006, and by 2014 it grew to more than 700 stores in India.
  • He loves to wear white shirt and dark trousers with a tie on most of the occasions.

Car Collection of Mukesh Ambani.

  1. Mercedes Maybach 62
  2. Bentley Bentayga
  3. BMW 760 Li
  4. Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe
  5. Rolls Royce Cullinan
  6. Aston Martin Rapide
  7. Mercedes Benz S Guard
  8. Bentley Flying Spur

Private Jet Collection

  1. Boeing Business Jet 2
  2. Falcon 900EX jet
  3. Airbus 319

Mukesh Ambani also owns this floating palace on high seas. The yacht features a retracting solar glass roof and it is 58 meters long and 38 meters wide. There are three decks and the yacht comes with a host of incredible features like piano bar, lounge and dining area with personal suites for guests and a reading room. The yacht looks a lot more like a house than a yacht. Although no official price is declared, it is rumored that this yacht is priced over hundred million dollars.