Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born on 19 April 1957) is an Indian business magnate who is the chairman and CEO of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the foremost company of the Indian energy and materials conglomerate Reliance Group. The company was ranked #99th in Fortune Global 500 and is India's most valuable company by market value and second-largest Indian company by turnover. Ambani remains the largest individual shareholder, with 44.7 percent stake in RIL.
In 2010, he was named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its list of "68 people who matter most" As of 2012, he is India's richest man, second richest man in Asia and as of October 2012, According to the
Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 18th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of $23.5 billion. Previously, Ambani was listed as the 19th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of $21 billion. He has retained his position as the world's richest Indian for the fifth year in a row.
He is a member of the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and a present member of the international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2012, Forbes named Mukesh Ambani the richest sports owner in the world. According to the list of richest sports owners, he is richer than owners of Chelsea and AC Milan. Ambani's company Reliance Industries owns the Indian Premier League domestic cricket club Mumbai Indians.
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