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Name |
Anil Ambani |
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Date of Birth |
June 4, 1959
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Birth Place |
Mumbai, India |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Profession |
Businessman |
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Mother Tongue |
Gujarathi |
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Family |
Father : Dhirubhai
Hirachand Ambani
Mother : Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani
Brother: Mukesh Ambani
Sisters: Dipti and Nina
Wife: Tina Ambani
Sister-in-law: Nita Ambani
Sons: Jai Anmol and Jai Anshul.
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Education |
* University of
Bombay, Bachelor of Arts / Science
* University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Master
of Business Administration |
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Debut
|
He joined Reliance
in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer marketing
and fundraising. |
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Net worth |
US$45 billion |
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Member |
* Wharton Board
of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
* Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Ahmedabad
* Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Kanpur
* Executive Board, Indian School of Business (ISB),
Hyderabad |
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MP |
Anil was Rajya Sabha
MP From June 2004 - March 25, 2006. |
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Chairman |
Reliance Communications,
Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance
Natural Resources Limited. |
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Award |
* Voted ‘the Businessman
of the Year’ in a poll conducted by The Times
of India December 2006
* Voted the ‘Best role model’ among business leaders
in the bi-annual Mood of the Nation poll conducted
by India Today magazine, August 2006
* Conferred ‘the CEO of the Year 2004’ in the
Platts Global Energy Awards
* MTV Youth Icon of the Year in September 2003
* Conferred 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award'
by the Bombay Management Association, October
2002
* Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award
by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in
recognition of his contribution to the establishment
of Reliance as a global leader in many of its
business areas, December 2001
*Selected by Asia week magazine for its list of
'Leaders of the Millennium in Business and Finance'
and was introduced as the only 'new hero' in Business
and Finance from India, June 1999 |
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Asset |
His biggest asset
is his 65% stake in telecom venture Reliance Communications |
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Car |
* Yellow Lambourghini
* White Lexus
* Land Rover |
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Mukesh |
* As their father
did not leave a will their mother brokered a peace
settlement breaking up the family's assets.
* The two estranged brothers work different hours,
so rarely meet in the elevator. Anil arrives at
work by helicopter at his business park by 9.30am
and returns about 12 hours later. Mukesh starts
at midday and finishes by midnight.
* Battling him in court over a gas-supply agreement.
* Listed as the sixth richest man in the world
next only to his brother by Forbes magazine. |
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Food |
Likes hot spicy
food |
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Facts |
* He recently
raised $3 billion from the highly anticipated
initial offering of his Reliance Power, the biggest
in India's history.
* He once weighed 115kgs, but upon being ridiculed
for his weight in a boardroom meeting, he lost
weight and is now a self-proclaimed "fitness
freak."
* Devout Hindu
* Never drinks or smokes. |
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Business address |
Reliance Infocomm
Limited,
I Block, 2nd Floor,
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City,
Navi Mumbai - 400710, India |
