The Ambani Family
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani has been on the Board of Reliance since 1977. He has been instrumental in creating the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar in the state of Gujarat. He is also credited with the company’s development of Infrastructure and establishment of an organized, pan-India retail network. He is also responsible for one of the world’s most expensive 4G broadband wireless networks. Ambani is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, Government of India and a part of the Board of Governors of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India. He is a Board Member of the Interpol Foundation, and a member of The Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.
Forbes has ranked Mukesh Ambani at richest Indian and the 10th richest man in the world according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2019. He was also named in TIME magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’. Ambani’s Reliance has businesses in different areas such as refining and marketing, petrochemicals, oil and gas, retail, digital services, telecommunication and media and entertainment. Mukesh Ambani is also the Director of many of Reliance Group companies including Reliance Petroleum Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, KDA Enterprises Private Limited, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, among others.
He owns the Mumbai Indian franchise in the Indian Premier League, India’s annual Twenty20 Cricket Competition . He lives in the world’s most expensive private residence, Antilla in Mumbai. He has a Chemical Engineering degree from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and MBA from Stanford University, U.S.
Nita M. Ambani is the wife of Mukesh Ambani. She is the Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation. She is a co-owner of Mumbai Indians, Indian Premier League Cricket Franchise. She is also the Founder and Chairperson of Football Sports
Development Limited that launched the Indian Super League (ISL), India’s annual football franchise competition involving overseas football players as well. She is also the
Founder of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, and leads Sir. H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre. She is on the Board of Reliance Industries Limited and EIH Limited (The Oberoi Group).
Business
Television and Broadcasting
TV18 Broadcast and Private Limited (51.6%)
Television and Movie Production
Viacom18 Media Private Limited (51%)
Cable and Satellite
IndiaCast Media Distribution Private Limited (100%), http://www.indiacast.com/
Media
Balaji Telefilms Limited (Reliance Industries holds 24.92%)
Publishing
Info Media Press Limited (50.6%), http://infomediapress.in/
Apparel and other domestic essentials
Homeshop18 (44% Shares), https://www.homeshop18.com/
Movie Tickets Booking Portal
Bookmyshow (39% shares)
Travel and Logistics
Yatra (7% Shares)
Online Business
Moneycontrol. Dot Com India Limited (100%)
Telecommunications
Reliance Jio Digital Services Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Jio Infratel Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Jio Media Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Jio Messaging Services Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Jio Information Solutions Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Jio Payment Banks Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Agriculture
Reliance Lifestyle Holdings Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Tangerine Agro Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Ambit Trade Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Petroleum
Reliance LNG Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Petro Marketing Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Chemicals
Reliance Polyolefins Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Petrochemicals
Reliance Aromatics and Petrochemicals Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Chemicals Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Finance
Reliance Payment Solutions Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Retail Finance Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Retail Insurance Broking Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Strategic Investment Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Universal Enterprises Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Ventures Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance World Trade Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Santol Commercials Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Surela Investment and Trading Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Commercial Dealers Limited (Reliance Industries holds 99.99%)
Indiawin Sports Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Wholesale & Trade
Reliance Progressive Traders Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Trading
Reliance Prolific Traders Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Real Estate
Reliance Prolific Commercial Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Resolute land Consortium Projects Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Retail
Reliance Retail Limited (Reliance Industries holds 99.95%)
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (Reliance Industries holds 94.63%)
Reliance Vantage Retail Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Brands Limited (Reliance Industries holds 80%)
Reliance Clothing India Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Comtrade Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance GAS Lifestyle India Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 51%)
Manufacturing
Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 74.90%)
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited (Reliance Industries holds 45.43%)
Commercial Services
Reliance SMSL Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Commercial Port
Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal Company Limited (Reliance Industries holds 41.80%)
Digital Services
Kanhatech Solutions Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Digital Media Distribution Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Content Distribution Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Construction
Model Economic Township Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Energy and Project Development (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Electrical
Naroda Power Private Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Reliance Energy Generation and Distribution Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Technology
Reliance Corporate IT Park Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Gas & Pipeline
Reliance Gas Pipelines Limited (Reliance Industries holds 100%)
Family & Friends
Affiliated Interests Family Members Friends
brother of Mukesh Ambani. He is the Founder and Chairman of Reliance Group which includes Reliance Capital, Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power, Reliance Defense and Engineering Ltd., Reliance Defense Limited and Reliance Defense Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Reliance group is amongst India’s top business houses and has one of the world largest shareholder/investor base of nearly 8 million shareholders. Anil Ambani’s firm, Reliance Communications, RCom filed for bankruptcy in February 2019, due to burgeoning debts to the tune of $ 7 billion.
is the son of Mukesh Ambani. He is the Director of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, Saavn Media Private Limited and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. He has done his Major in Economics from Brown University.
is the daughter of Mukesh Ambani. She is married to Anand Piramal, Executive Director of Piramal Group. She is the Director of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. She’s done her graduation from Yale University.
is the son of Mukesh Ambani. He is the Director of Neutron Enterprises Private Limited
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