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Anil Ambani

Born

2 July 1959 (age 52) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Residence

Mumbai, Maharashtra, india

Nationality

Indian

Alma mater

University of Mumbai University of Pennsylvania

Occupation

Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

Net worth

$ 5.3 billion (2011)[1]

Religion

Hinduism

Spouse

Tina Munim

Children

3[2]

Parents

Dhirubhai Ambani Kokilaben Ambani

Relatives

Mukesh Ambani (Brother)

Website

Anil Ambani

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (born 4 June 1959) (Gujarati: ) is an Indian industrialist and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest privateconglomerates. Anil's elder brother Mukesh Ambani, who heads as the chairman of Reliance Industries.[3] The Ambani family is the richest families in India and one of the richest in the world, their wealth inherited from Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of largest Indian conglomerate Reliance Group.[4] He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.[citation needed] He is a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In March 2006, he resigned. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar.[5]
Contents
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1 Career

1.1 Assassinati on attempt

2 Awards and recognition 3 English Premier League 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links

[edit]Career

Ambani joined Reliance Industries, the company founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer and is credited with having pioneered many financial innovations in the Indian capital markets.[citation needed] For example, he led India's first forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. He directed Reliance in its efforts to raise, since 1991, around US$2 billion from overseas financial markets; with a 100year Yankee bond issue in January 1997 being the high point, after which people regarded him as a financial wizard[citation needed]. He along with his brother, Mukesh Ambani, has steered the Reliance Group to its current status as India's leading textiles, petroleum, petrochemicals, power, and telecom company.
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He is a close friend of movie star Amitabh Bachchan and Subrata Roy. One of his major achievements in the entertainment industry is the takeover of Adlabs, the movie production to distribution to multiplex company that owns India's only dome theatre and the recently announced joint venture worth US$ 825 million withSteven Spielberg.[citation needed] He has been embroiled in a dispute with his brother, Mukesh Ambani, over the supply of gas from the latter's KG basin.[citation needed] He recently topped Business Sheet's "world's biggest loser" list of business leaders who lost money in the late 2000s recession,[6] losing $32.5 billion in 2008, which brought him out of the top ten list to number 34 in 2009. [edit]Assassination

attempt

On the evening of 22 April 2009, mud, gravel and pebbles were found in the gearbox of his 13-seat helicopter VT-RCL's (a Bell 412).[7] Despite the gearbox being located at a height of 10 feet from the ground, the gravel and pebbles were put in the filler cap in the gear box. A senior pilot of Reliance Transport and Travels Pvt. Ltd., Captain RN Joshi, filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office,Maharashtra Chief Minister's office, Maharasthra Home Minister's office, Chief Secretary's office, Joint Commissioner of Police's office and also at the Santa Cruz Police Station.[citation
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The helicopter was standing outside a hangar at the Mumbai Airport when the sabotage was found by Bharat Borge, a technician for Air Works. Borge was found dead on April 28, 2009 on Mumbai's suburban railway tracks between Vile Parle and Andheri. A letter was also found with him. Railway Police believes that he might have been run over by the Churchgate-bound fast-local. "Borge's mysterious death created a flutter, lending credence to Anil Ambani's charge that certain 'rival business groups were trying to eliminate him'."[8][9]

The post-mortem conducted on Bharat Borge revealed that he died of shock due to multiple fractures, resulting in brain haemorrhage.[10]There was also a letter found in his pocket written in Marathi saying "I haven't done anything wrong. That day, some Reliance people came and spoke to me. I didn't tell them anything. One of them took my number and said that he'll talk to me later. I felt they were using me. I am writing this letter after thinking all night. It looks like the blame will be on me. I think the investigation is on the right track and truth will emerge soon."[10] Investigators later said that Borge's death was an accident and not suicide.[11] Air Works, the company that maintains the helicopter, was questioning its employees in the case.[12] [edit]Awards

and recognition

Voted the 3rd most powerful person in India in the 2009 India Today Power List, in March.[13] Voted Businessman of the Year 2006 by Times of India-TNS poll[14] Adjudged as the CEO of the Year at the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards for 2004. Voted as 'MTV Youth Icon of the Year for 2003' in September 2003. Conferred 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award' by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002.[citation needed]

Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001.

Conferred the 'Businessman of the Year 1997' award by India's leading business magazine Business India, December 1997.[citation needed]

He was awarded in Lakme Fashion Week to be the most beautiful man on ramp in 2009.

[edit]English

Premier League

Ambani was in talks in September 2008 with Everton officials over a deal to take over the club.[15][16] [edit]Bibliography

Yogesh Chabria, Happionaire's Cash The Crash. CNBC - Network18. ISBN 978-81-906479-5-3 2009

[edit]References

1. ^ Anil Ambani topic page. Forbes.com. Retrieved September 2010. 2. ^ "India Today 2005 Power List". Indiatoday.com. 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

3. ^ Forbes.http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires#p_1_s_arank_-1__66. 4. ^ Gayatri, R Shah (22 October 2010). "Ambani & Sons': The story of India's richest family". CNNGO. 5. ^ "Management". Daiict.ac.in. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology.
Retrieved 11 October 2011.

6. ^ Hilary Lewis (2008-11-18). "Biggest Losers: Anil Ambani". Businesssheet.alleyinsider.com. Retrieved

2010-12-31.

7. ^ "Ibnlive.com assassination article". Ibnlive.in.com. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 8. ^ "Rediff.com". Specials.rediff.com. 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 9. ^ Headlines Today (2009-04-28). "India Today - article on dead witness". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved
2010-12-31.

10. ^ a b Manuj Tripathi & Pankaj Upadhyay (2009-04-29). "Ambani chopper case: Letter found on Bharat
Borge's body". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

11. ^ 1 June 2009, 02.48 PM IST, PTI (2009-06-01). "Ambani chopper case: Borge's death an accident, not
suicide". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

12. ^ "Ambani chopper case: Fmr Air Works staff questioned". Zeenews.com. 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2010-1231.

13. ^ S. Prasannarajan (2009-03-06). "The highest circle (1-20): In This Issue : India Today".
Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

14. ^ [1][dead link] 15. ^ "Indian Tycoon Anil Ambani sets his sights on buying Everton". 16. ^ "Exclusive: Everton targetted for take-over by Indian tycoon worth 20billion - News MirrorFootball.co.uk". Mirror.co.uk. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

[edit]External

links

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Profile at Reliance ADAG Profile at Forbes Anil Ambani collected news and commentary at The New York Times Anil Ambani collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal

Anil Ambani collected news and commentary at The Guardian Anil Ambani: collected news and commentary at The Times of India
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Companies

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Born: June 4, 1959 Achievement: Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group; Chosen as the 'CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platts Global Energy Awards and MTV Youth Icon of the Year' in September 2003 Anil Ambani is one of the foremost entrepreneurs of Independent India. He is the Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Earlier, before the split in the Reliance Group, Anil Ambani held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Born on June 4, 1959, Anil Ambani did his Bachelors in Science from the University of Bombay and Masters in Business Administration The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Anil Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer. He pioneered India Inc's forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depository receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting from 1991, he led Reliance in its efforts to raise, around US$2 billion from overseas financial markets. In January 1997, the 100-year Yankee bond issue was launched under his stewardship. After the split in Reliance Group, Anil Ambani founded Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. He is the Chairman of all listed Group companies, which include: Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance Natural Resources Limited. Anil Ambai was elected as an independent member Rajya Sabha MP in June 2004. But he resigned voluntarily on

March 25, 2006. Anil Ambani has won several awards and honours. Major among these include: 'CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platts Global Energy Awards, 'MTV Youth Icon of the Year' in September 2003, 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award' by the Bombay Management Association, and 'Businessman of the Year Award' by leading Business Magazine, Business India in 1997.

Anil Ambani was the world`s fastest-growing multi-billion-dollar fortune in percentage terms as his wealth tripled in 1 year. During 2006, he was also in the limelight due to his increasing disputes with his brother Mukesh Ambani. Ambani joined Reliance, the company founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1983 as CoChief Executive Officer and is credited with having pioneered many financial innovations in the Indian capital markets He directed Reliance in its efforts to raise, since 1991, around US$2 billion from overseas financial markets; with a 100-year Yankee bond issue in January 1997 being the high point, after which people regarded him as a financial wizard. He along with his brother, Mukesh Ambani, has steered the Reliance Group to its current status as India`s leading textiles, petroleum, petrochemicals, power, and telecom company. Anil Ambani is the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar and a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In June 2004, Anil was elected as an Independent Member of the Rajya Sabha - Upper House, Parliament of India with the support of the Samajwadi Party. In March 2006, he resigned. In 2007 his name was added to the list of Indian Trillionaires. Awards Voted Businessman of the Year 2006 by Times of India-TNS poll Adjudged as the CEO of the Year at the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards for 2004. Voted as MTV Youth Icon of the Year for 2003 in September 2003. Conferred The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002. Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001. Conferred the Businessman of the Year 1997 award by India`s leading business magazine Business India, December 1997.

Anil Ambani
Chairman, Reliance ADA Group An MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is the non executive Chairman of the company. He also heads Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Natural Resources

Limited. In 2006, he was voted Businessman of the Year by Times of India newspaper.