| Name(s) |
Dhirajlal Hirachand
Ambani (better known as Dhirubhai Ambani) |
| Date of
Birth |
December 28, 1932
- Chorwad, Gujarat, India. |
| Date of
death |
July 06, 2002 |
|
Identity |
Indian Entrepreneur
and Industrialist - the founder of Reliance Industies |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- His life has been a live
example of "rags to riches"
story.
- Ambani took his company to
public in 1977, and by 2007 the
combined fortune of the family was
worth $60 billion,
making the Ambani's the
second richest family in
the world.
- Dhirubhai started off by
working with a firm in Yemen
in the 1950s and moved to Mumbai in
1958 to start his own business in
spices.
- After making modest profits, he
moved into textiles and opened his
mill in Naroda industrial area of
Ahmedabad.
- As of 2012, Reliance Industries
was listed among top 100
firms in Fortune 500 list
of world's biggest companies by
revenues.
- Following a heart attack in
1986, Dhirubhai handed over the
Reliance empire to his sons.
- After his death, the group was
split into Reliance Industries
Limited, headed by Mukesh
Ambani, and Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance
ADAG), headed by Anil
Ambani.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- 2016- Awarded Padma
Vibhushan.
- 2011-Awarded posthumously
the ABLF Global Asian Award
at the Asian Business Leadership
Forum Awards.
- 2000–Conferred Man of
the Century award by
Chemtech Foundation and Chemical
Engineering World.
- 2000, 1998 and 1996– Featured
among Power 50-the
most powerful people in Asia by
Asiaweek magazine.
- 1998 – "Dean's Medal"
by The Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, for setting an
outstanding example of leadership.
Dhirubhai Ambani has the rare
distinction of being the first
Indian to get Wharton School Dean's
Medal.
- 2001 – Economic Times Awards for
Corporate Excellence for
Lifetime Achievement.
- "Man of 20th Century"
by the Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
- A poll conducted by The Times of
India in 2000 voted him "Greatest
Creator of Wealth in the Centuries".
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