Mukesh Ambani Birthday: Today is the birthday of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. Born on April 19, 1957, Mukesh Ambani turned 67 on Friday. At this stage of his life, he has made Reliance Industries one of the world’s leading companies. Mukesh Ambani has played an important role in making this company, which he inherited from his father Dhirubhai Ambani in the year 2000, famous all over the world. He has been the richest person in the country for many consecutive years. Reliance Group, known for its oil business, has spread to many sectors today. Along with this, Mukesh Ambani is also entering new businesses with the help of his sons and daughters. Let’s take a look at his life journey.
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Mukesh Ambani was born in Yemen
Mukesh Ambani was born in Yemen to Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani. Shortly after his birth, his parents decided to return to India. His father Dhirubhai Ambani gave birth to Reliance Industries and gradually this brand has gained a special identity in the business world. After this, when he handed over the leadership of Reliance Group to Mukesh Ambani, he made it the strongest business group in the country. He laid the most emphasis on making the company multi-faceted.
Preparing children to take up responsibilities
Mukesh Ambani was married to Nita Ambani. Encouraging the new generation, he has given different responsibilities to his two sons Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani and daughter Isha Ambani to understand the nuances of the business. Akash Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Jio. His daughter Isha Ambani is the CEO of Reliance Retail. Younger son Anant Ambani handles the energy business of Reliance Group.
Reliance Jio brought revolution in telecom
Today Reliance Group is also doing great work in the field of technology and digitalization. When they started Reliance Jio, they brought a revolution in the telecom industry. People enjoyed free calls and internet for the first time. Today Jio has become the country’s largest telecom company with more than 42 crore customers. Due to Jio, many telecom companies had to close down. The remaining companies had to change their strategy and make calls and internet cheaper.
Also entered retail, energy, pharma and media sectors
Apart from this, Mukesh Ambani has entered Reliance in retail, energy, pharma and media sectors. By buying retail assets of Future Group and creating e-commerce platform JioMart, he is rapidly gaining a foothold in the retail sector as well. Currently, this group is also working rapidly in the renewable energy sector. Through Jio Institute, Ambani has also promoted innovation and research in the country.
