He is an Indian Billionaire businessman, Chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited. Reliance Industries is the top 500 Global company and India’s most valuable company as per market capitalisation. According to Forbes real-time data which was released on 24th May 2021 Mukesh Ambani is Asia’s richest person and tenth wealthiest person in the world.
Early Life
He was born on 19th April 1957 in the British Crown Colony in Aden. It is located in the south part of Yemen. His father Dhirubhai Ambani was a successful business tycoon of India and his mother Kokilaben Ambani is a housewife. He has a younger brother Anil Ambani and his two sisters Nina and Dipti
He studied at the “Hill Grange High School” which is in Peddar Road, Mumbai. After he completed his school education he attended “St. Xavier’s College”, Mumbai. After that, he received a bachelor of engineering (BE) in Chemical engineering from the “Institute of Chemical Technology”.After his BE he took his admission for Master of Business Administration (MBA) from “Stanford University” in California. But in 1980 he dropped out from there for pursuing his career in business with his father.
Career
In 1981 he started his career by helping his father in their family business of refining and petrochemicals. His family business also extended in sales and service in Retail and telecommunication Industries. As of 2016, he holds the position of India’s richest person for the last 10 years. According to Forbes magazine, he is the only Indian businessman who made his position as the world’s most powerful people according to American Business Magazine “Forbes Magazine”.
In July 2018 he becomes Asia’s richest person with a net worth of $ 44.3 billion (Rs 32,25,47.85 Cr). Outside North America and Europe, he is the wealthiest person in the world. He was appointed as the director of the American multinational investment bank “Bank of America”.He is also the first person as a non-American to hold that position.
After his father died in 2002 he started to expand their family business Petroleum refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat in India.At that time which was producing 660,000 Barrels per day, 33 million tonnes per year.
He launched its own 4G smartphone brand named LYF in 2016. later on, it began India’s third-largest-selling mobile phone brand. According to New York-based International news agency Bloomberg “Robin Hood Index,” he has estimated fortune to fund the operations of the Indian federal government for 20 days.
Personal life
He married Indian philanthropist Nita Ambani in 1985 and they have two sons Akash Ambani and Anand Ambani, and a daughter, Isha. They live in Antilia a private 27-storey building in Mumbai. The approximate cost of this luxury building is $ 1 billion (Rs 72,81.08 Cr). It was the most expensive private residence in the world at the time it was built. It includes three helipads, a 160-car garage, a private movie theatre, a swimming pool, and a fitness centre.
On the 44th birthday of his wife, he gifted her a Medium range narrow-body Airbus A319 for $ 60 million (Rs 4,36.86 Cr).
Car collection of Mukesh Ambani
Rolls-Royce Cullinan of $ 330,000 (Rs 2.40 Cr).
Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe of $ 369,888 (Rs 2.69 Cr).
Tesla s100 d of $ 206,052 (Rs 1.5 Cr).
Mercedes Maybach of $ 173,000 (Rs 1.25 Cr).
BMW i8 of $ 147,500 (Rs 1.07 Cr).
Audi a8l of $ 86,500 (Rs 62.96 Lacs).
Social Media Portfolio
He has 32.7k followers on Twitter and on Instagram, 117k followers as of June 2021.
Titles | Description |
Real Name | Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani |
Birth Place | He was born on 19th April 1957 in the British Crown Colony in Aden. |
Age | 64 years. (As of 2021). |
Height | 5 feet 5 inches /169 Cm |
Weight | 90 Kgs/198 Lbs |
Twitter/Mukesh Ambani | |
Instagram/ Mukesh Ambani | |
Net Worth | $ 84.5 Billion (Rs 61,49,63.53 Cr). (According to Forbes real-time data published on 24th May 2021). |
What is the age of Mukesh Ambani?
64 years. (As of 2021).
Who is the wife of Mukesh Ambani?
Nita Ambani