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[[image:Mumbai 03-2016 19 Antilia Tower.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Antilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, named after the mythical island Antillia. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family, who moved into it in 2012. The skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes, at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls. As of 2014, it was considered the world's most expensive private residence costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build.]]
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'''Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani''' is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of [[Reliance Industries Ltd.]] (RIL), a [[Fortune Global 500]] company and India's most valuable company by [[market value]].<ref name="aboutus2">https://web.archive.org/web/20150416033537/http://ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html</ref> According to ''[[Forbes]]'', he is the richest person in Asia with a net worth of US$98 billion<ref>https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/</ref> and the 11th richest person in the world, as of 15 January 2022.
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He was selected a  [[WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1994|Global Leader for Tomorrow]] by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 1994. By the 2010s, he sat on the board of the same [[World Economic Forum]]. He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations/Global Board of Advisors|Global Board of Advisors of the US Council on Foreign Relations]].
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== Career ==
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In 1981 he started to help his father [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] run their family business, Reliance Industries Limited. By this time, it had already expanded so that it also dealt in refining and [[petrochemical]]s. The business also included products and services in retail and telecommunications industries. [[Reliance Retail]] Ltd., another subsidiary, is also the largest retailer in India.<ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/Ambani-becomes-india-s-top-retailer-as-biyani-slips-post-demerger-113081600179_1.html</ref>
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==Board memberships==
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* Member of Board of Governors [[Institute of Chemical Technology]], Mumbai
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* Chairman, managing director, Chairman of Finance Committee and Member of Employees Stock Compensation Committee, [[Reliance Industries Limited]]
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* Former chairman, [[Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited]]
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* Former vice-chairman, [[Reliance Petroleum]]
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* Chairman of the board, Reliance Petroleum
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* Chairman and Chairman of Audit Committee, [[Reliance Retail Limited]]
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* Chairman, Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC
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* Former Director, Member of Credit Committee and Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee, [[Bank of America Corporation]]<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1784869</ref>
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* President, [[Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University]], Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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Latest revision as of 04:10, 7 February 2022

Person.png Mukesh Ambani  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(billionaire, businessman)
Mukesh Ambani.jpg
Born19 April 1957
Aden, Yemen
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Xavier's College (Mumbai), Institute of Chemical Technology
SiblingsAnil Ambani
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Global Board of Advisors, WEF/Board of Trustees, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1994
RelativesTina Ambani
Asia's richest man living in the world's most expensive house. Selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994. By the 2010s, he sat on the board of the same World Economic Forum. Member of the Global Board of Advisors of the US Council on Foreign Relations.
Antilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, named after the mythical island Antillia. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family, who moved into it in 2012. The skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes, at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls. As of 2014, it was considered the world's most expensive private residence costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build.

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.[1] According to Forbes, he is the richest person in Asia with a net worth of US$98 billion[2] and the 11th richest person in the world, as of 15 January 2022.

He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994. By the 2010s, he sat on the board of the same World Economic Forum. He is a member of the Global Board of Advisors of the US Council on Foreign Relations.

Career

In 1981 he started to help his father Dhirubhai Ambani run their family business, Reliance Industries Limited. By this time, it had already expanded so that it also dealt in refining and petrochemicals. The business also included products and services in retail and telecommunications industries. Reliance Retail Ltd., another subsidiary, is also the largest retailer in India.[3]

Board memberships


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/200421 January 200425 January 2004World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/200625 January 200629 January 2006SwitzerlandBoth former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known.
WEF/Annual Meeting/200724 January 200728 January 2007SwitzerlandOnly the 449 public figures listed of ~2200 participants
WEF/Annual Meeting/200923 January 200927 January 2009World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012Switzerland2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland		"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/202222 May 202226 May 2022World Economic Forum
Switzerland		1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150416033537/http://ril.com/html/aboutus/Mukesh_Ambani.html
  2. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/
  3. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/Ambani-becomes-india-s-top-retailer-as-biyani-slips-post-demerger-113081600179_1.html
  4. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1784869
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