Mukesh Ambani is the Chairman, Managing Director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India`s largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. His wealth is valued at US$20.8 billion (according to Forbes), making him the richest man in Asia.

Mukesh and younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Mukesh also owns the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians.

Mukesh Ambani was educated at Abaay Morischa School in Mumbai and completed his graduation with a bachelor`s degree in chemical engineering from the UDCT. Mukesh later enrolled for an MBA from Stanford University but completed only one year of the two year program. Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance`s backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals. In this process, he directed the creation of 60 new, world-class manufact... more