Shri Mukesh Ambani is the son of Shri Dhirubhai
Ambani, Founder Chairman of Reliance. He has done
his Chemical Engineering from Mumbai University
and pursued MBA from Stanford University.
Mr. Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and was instrumental
in Reliance's backward integration journey from
textiles into polyester fibres and further into
petrochemicals, petroleum refining and going up-stream
into oil and gas exploration and production. Mr.
Mukesh Ambani spearheaded the foundation of the
world's largest grassroots petroleum refinery
at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity of
660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per
year) integrated with petrochemicals, power generation,
port and related infrastructure. Mr. Ambani is
steering
Reliance
's initiatives in a world scale, offshore,
deep water oil and gas exploration and production
program, setting up of a second petroleum refinery
at Jamnagar, development of infrastructure facilities
and implementation of a pan-India organized retail
network spanning multiple formats and supply chain
infrastructure.
Mr. Mukesh Ambani had set up one of the largest
and most complex information and communications
technology initiative in the world in the form
of Reliance Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communications
Limited).
Mukesh Ambani's RIIL, a
Reliance
Group enterprise, is mainly engaged in the
business of setting up / operating Industrial
Infrastructure. The Company is also engaged in
related activities involving leasing and providing
services connected with computer software and
data processing.
The Company has its operations in the Mumbai and
the Rasayani regions of Maharashtra, Surat and
Jamnagar belts of Gujarat as also at other places
in India.
Mr. Ambani's accolades include:
- Bestowed the US-India Business Council (USIBC)
'Global Vision' 2007 Award for Leadership
in 2007.
- Conferred the Penn Engineering Dean's Medal
for application of engineering and technology
in January 2010
- Conferred the 'Asia Society Leadership Award'
by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA,
in May, 2004.
- Invited to be a member of the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
He is the only Indian CEO to be a Council
Member of WBCSD.
- Conferred 'ET Business Leader of the Year'
Award by The Economic Times (India) in the
year 2006.
- Conferred the Degree Honoris Causa, Honorary
Doctorate by the Maharaja Sayajirao University
in 2007.
- Conferred the India Business Leadership
Award by CNBC-TV18 in 2007.
- Received the first NDTV-Profit 'Global Indian
Leader Award' from Hon'ble Prime Minister
of India, Shri Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
in the year 2006.
- Ranked 42nd among the 'World's Most Respected
Business Leaders' and second among the four
Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted
by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published in
Financial Times, London, in November, 2004.
- Conferred the World Communication Award
for the 'Most Influential Person' in Telecommunications
by Total Telecom, in October, 2004.
- Had the distinction and honour of being
the cochair at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland.
Mr. Mukesh Ambani is the Chairman, Board of Governors
of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
and a member of the Advisory Council of the Indian
Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is also a
member of the Advisory Council for the Graduate
School of Business of the Stanford University.
