Mukesh Ambani – Bio, Wiki, Zodiac Sign, Age, Social Media Accounts, Hobbies, Career, Net Worth, Family, Interesting Facts And More

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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani is one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in India. He is globally recognized for his contributions to the business world. With his innovative ideas, he has played an essential role in changing Reliance Industries into a cartel with shares in retail, petrochemicals, and various other industries. Ambani globally represents India as the most successful business tycoon. Several sectors have been significantly influenced by Ambani’s business approaches, especially the revolutionary landing of Jio into the Indian telecom market.

Mukesh Ambani Biography

Biography

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is a business magnate, managing director, and the chairperson of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) India. He was born in Aden, Yemen, on April 19, 1957. With his unmatched successful career, he is a role model for many Indian entrepreneurs. Ambani’s business “Reliance Industries Limited,” also manages several different enterprises in India with interest in the energy, petrochemicals, textile, natural resource, retail, and telecommunications industries. The income from all these subsidiaries has made Ambani one of Asia’s wealthiest Entrepreneurs.

Social Media Accounts

Unlike other entrepreneurs, Ambani has no active presence on social media platforms. Therefore, he has a few social accounts listed officially.

Instagram554k Followers
YouTube26 Subscribers

Zodiac Sign

Ambani’s zodiac sign is Aries. His Sun sign is Aries, whereas the Moon sign is Leo. Hence, being an Aries, Ambani always has high ambitions and energy. The planet Mars, which is considered the lord of Aries, highly influenced his inner personality. Therefore, he reflects a lot of leadership qualities.

Famous Indian comedian Kapil Sharma shares the same zodiac star as Ambani.

Mukesh Ambani Wiki

Wiki Facts

In this section, we have listed interesting Wiki facts about Ambani.

Full NameMukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
NicknameMuku
Date of BirthApril 19, 1957
Age67 years as of 2024
GenderMale
Zodiac SignAries
BirthplaceAden (Current name Yemen)
Home TownMumbai, India
Current ResidenceMumbai, India
EducationSt. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
CasteVaishya (Gujrati Mudh Bania)
ProfessionChairperson and Managing Director of Reliance Industries
Net WorthUS$ 117 Billion as of April 2024
Marital StatusMarried
Children3
HobbiesReading
Hanging out with friends
Watching movies
Jungle Adventures
Listening to old Hindi Songs
Swimming
Long Walk
Height5 feet, 6.5 inches
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorBlack
Cars CollectionBentley Flying Spur
Rolls Royce Phantom
Mercedes Benz S Class
Maybach 62
BMW 760li
Jets CollectionBoeing Business Jet 2
Falcon 900EX
Airbus 319 Corporate Jet
House/EstateA 27-story house Antilia, worth approximately $1 billion
A beach-side villa in Dubai
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Palm Jumeirah mansion in Dubai
Mandarin Oriental in New York, United States of America

Net Worth

As of April 2024, Mukesh Ambani’s total net worth is estimated at US$117 B. He is listed as the 9th wealthiest person in the world. In contrast, he is the number 1 richest business magnate in India.

Early Life

Ambani only spent a short time in Yemen because of his father’s 1958 decision to return to India and establish a textile and spice business company. The family migrated in 1958 to the Bhuleshwar suburb of Bombay (now Mumbai), where they lived in a chawl (a communal building often offering two-room flats on minimal rent). The increasingly unstable political atmosphere in Aden made this return possible.
Until the 1970s, his family lived in a humble two-bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai. After migrating to India, their financial standing significantly improved, but Ambani lived in a communal culture, traveled using public transportation, and received no allowance. Later, Dhirubhai bought a 14-floor apartment building in Colaba called “Sea Wind,” where Ambani and his brother previously lived with their loved ones on different stories.

Mukesh Ambani Early life

Parents and Siblings

Mukesh Ambani’s father, “Dhirubhai Ambani,” was great. As a father, he has positively influenced Ambani and trained him to be a successful businessman.

FatherDhirubhai Ambani
MotherKokilaben Ambani
BrotherAnil Ambani (Business Executive)
SistersNina Kothari
Deepti Salgaocar
Sister-in-lawTina Ambani

Education

Ambani attended the Hill Grange High School in Peddar Road, Mumbai, along with his brother. His close friend Anand Jain also went to the same school. 

Later, after completing his secondary education, He attended St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. Mukesh Ambani received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology. Afterward, Ambani applied to Stanford University for an MBA program but dropped out in 1980 to work with his father to establish Reliance, a new but rapidly growing industry. Hence, Ambani returned, leaving his MBA to start his career as an entrepreneur with his father.

Mukesh Ambani Favorites

Favorites

Ambani has a long yet exciting list of his favorite foods, which he loves to eat.

FoodIdli Sambhar (South Indian Cuisine)
Paanki (a Gujarati recipe)
Dosa
Gujarati Cuisine
Roasted Groundnuts
Street FoodBhel Puri
Dahi Batala Puri
Restaurant Mysore Cafe
Matunga Mumbai
CarMaybach
ColorWhite

Ambani’s Family

Mukesh Ambani married in 1985 with Nita Ambani. His wife is a philanthropist and an educationist. She is also a chairperson and founder of Reliance Foundation. They are both proud parents of three children: two sons and a daughter.

Mukesh Ambani Wife

WifeNita Ambani
SonsAnant Ambani
Akash Ambani
DaughterIsha Ambani

Professional Career

Under Indira Gandhi, the Indian government allowed the private sector to manufacture PFY (Polyester Filament Yarn) in 1980. Ambani’s father, Dhirubhai Ambani, requested a permit to establish a PFY manufacturing facility. After some arduous struggle, this license, also called License Raj, was granted to Dhirubhai, who started setting up a new business. Ambani was pursuing his education at Stanford in an MBA. However, in 1981, Dhirubhai took his eldest son out of school to assist him in constructing the PFY industry.
Ambani still needed to finish his university degree but could not since he was in charge of Reliance’s vertical integration, which involved up-gradation from the textiles sector to polyester threads and then to the petrochemicals used to make the yarns. The company also offered goods and services to the retail and telecoms sectors.

They created the firm with the idea that everyone should contribute and play their part in the company.
Even though Ambani had no expertise, Dhirubhai treated him like a business partner and let him contribute and bring innovations. Working from scratch and experimenting with new things later helped Ambani and his brother to make independent decisions when their father fell ill from a stroke in 1986.

Mukesh Ambani career

Establishing Reliance Infocomm Limited (RIL)

Later, Mukesh Ambani founded Reliance Infocomm Limited, currently known as Reliance Communications Limited. It specializes in managing projects that primarily involve information and communications technologies. At 24, Ambani constructed the Patalganga petrochemical plant. At that time, their business was already substantially investing in oil refineries and petrochemicals,

The Reliance Commercial Corporation, which later developed into RIL from a commodity-trading operation, initially worked from a single rented room, which Dhirubhai and his cousin established in the same year.

Despite wealth, success, and global recognition, Ambani never carries a credit card or cash. Someone always pays for him. He once revealed in an interview,

“Money has never meant much to me. I abhor the labels and titles all of you use to refer me.”

Mukesh Ambani Business Tycoon Success Story

Achievements and Recognitions

  • Ambani has held the honor of India’s richest person on Forbes magazine’s list for the past decade and was listed as the 36th most prosperous entrepreneur in the world in 2016.
  • He is the only businessman from India with the title of the world’s most influential individuals appearing on Forbes’ list.
  • With a net worth of $44.3 billion, he overcame Jack Ma, executive chairman of the Alibaba Group, to claim the title of Asia’s richest person in July 2018.
  • He also has the most wealth outside of North America and Europe.
  • Ambani was the fifth most prominent philanthropist in India as of 2015, according to China’s Hurun Research Institute.
    He founded the Indian Super competition, an Indian football competition, through Reliance, and he also holds the rights of Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League team).
  • Ambani was listed as one of the wealthiest sports owners in the world in 2012.
  • He lives in the Antilia, which is among the most expensive residential properties in the world, with a value of $1 billion.

Awards and Honors

Mukesh Ambani, the most successful Indian entrepreneur, has received several awards and honors for his services to the Indian telecommunication and business industry. Some of the awards are listed below.

YearsAwards
2000Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2010Global Vision Award at The Awards Dinner
2010School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Medal
2010Ranked 5th-Best Performing Global CEO
2010Global Leadership Award
2016Foreign Associate, US. National Academy of Engineering
2016Othmer Gold Medal

Mukesh Ambani Honors

Interesting Facts

  • After his father’s death, Reliance was divided between Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother, Anil Ambani, in 2005.
  • His father selected him as a board member when he was around 17 or 18.
  • On July 14, 1999, he developed the world’s biggest refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
  • In 2006, he launched the “Reliance Fresh” supermarket chain, which had expanded to over 700 locations across India by 2014.
  • He usually prefers to wear a white shirt, dark pants, and a tie.
    Ambani owns an extensive collection of branded cars and loves his collection.
  • He lives in a 27-story home, “Antilia,” in South Mumbai, valued at $1 billion with staff members of around 600.

Who is Mukesh Ambani?

He is a business tycoon, managing director, and the chairperson of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) India. Currently, he is India's richest person and entrepreneur. 

What is Mukesh Ambani's Zodiac Sign?

His Zodiac Sign is Aries

Whom the World's most expensive house "Antilia" belonged to?

The world's most expensive house "Antilia" belongs to India's wealthiest person, Mukesh Ambani.

How many children does Mukesh Ambani have?

He has three children; two sons, Anant Ambani and Akash Ambani, and a daughter, Isha Ambani.

How Much Ambani Family Spent on his Son Anant Ambani's Pre-Wedding Ceremony?

Anant Ambani is getting married to the love of his life, Radhika. According to news sources, the Ambani family spends around 1000Cr on Anant and Radhika's wedding.

Which Famous celebrities attended Mukesh Ambani's Son Anant Ambani's Wedding?

Celebrities from Bollywood and worldwide attended Mukesh Ambani's son's wedding. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Deepika and Ranveer and many more. It was indeed a star-dream wedding. 

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