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DHIRUBHAI HIRACHAND AMBANI
arguably India’s most enterprising entrepreneur.
“THINK BIG
THINK FAST
THINK AHEAD
IDEAS ARE NO ONE’S
MONOPOLY.”
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3. 28.12.1932 – forever
life referred to as a true "rags to riches" story.
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4. BIRTH
• D.O.B.- 28.12.1932
•He born at Chorwad, of Gujurat
•Father - Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani -a school teacher
•Mother- Jamanaben- a thrifty woman
• Two brothers and two sisters.
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5. CHILDHOOD
Extremely demanding, and difficult to placate.
As he grew up, he became even more vigorous, and irrepressible.
Possessed immense gusto and enormous energy.
Always determined to do what he wanted to do, in exactly
the way he wanted it done, come hell or high water, as the
phrase goes.
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6. Education
• After he completed his primary education, at the village
school, he was sent to the Junagarh Dist. for further
studies
• Quite popular in his school
and well- known for his brilliance
and hard-work
• Elected general secretary of the Junagarh Students Union
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7. Life in Aden
• After his annual matriculation examination, on the request of his
father he had to move to Aden, Yemen to support his family
• Aged 16 yrs
• Started worked with A. Besse & Co. for a salary of Rs.300,
immediately on reaching Aden
• A. Besse & Co.-- largest transcontinental trading firm east of Suez
• Dhirubhai -first sent to the commodities trading section & later,
transferred to the section that handled petroleum products for the
oil giant Shell
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8. Business Milestones
1958 :- Returned to Mumbai, from Aden to start his own
business in spices
1959 :- Started Reliance Commercial
Corporation with a capital of Rs 15,000 at Mumbai
1966 :- Set up a spinning mill at Naroda, near
Ahmedabad; floated Reliance Textiles on a
capital of Rs 15 lakh
1977 :- Reliance Textile Industries issued 2.8
million shares in a landmark public issue
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9. 1983 :- Reliance sales increased but net
profit declined
1988 :- Reliance Petroleum raises
Rs 1,300 crore from two million applicants
2000 :- World's largest refinery complex was
commissioned at Jamnagar, valued at over
Rs. 25,000 crores
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11. Educational Initiatives
• (DA-IICT)- Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology - established by The Dhirubhai
Ambani Foundation (DAF) at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
Community Development
• Gave importance for community development.
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12. Healthcare Initiatives
The DAF has joined the management of Sir Hurkisondas
Nurottumdas Hospital and Research Centre (HNH&RC)
It is a 28-year-old institution involved in clinical research
DAF converted this hospital into a patient-focused and
not-for-profit.
Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Lodhivali, District Raigad
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13. Reliance after Dhirubhai
In November 2004, Mukesh Ambani in an interview
admitted to having differences with his brother Anil
Over 'ownership issues’
The Reliance empire was split between the Ambani
brothers,
Mukesh Ambani getting RIL and IPCL
Anil Ambani heading Reliance Capital, Reliance
Energy and Reliance Infocomm.
Mukesh Ambani is referred to as the Reliance
Industries Limited
Anil's Group has been renamed Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADA Group)
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15. In popular media
Guru- Hindi film based on
In 1998, a book "The Polyester
Dhirubhai ambani
Prince" is also an unauthorized
biography of Dhirubhai Ambani,
outlining all his political and business
conquests
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16. Quotes by Dhirubhai Ambani
*"I am deaf to the word "no"."
"Thinkbig, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's
monopoly"
"You do not require an invitation to make profits"
"Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the
deadlines is my expectation”
"We bet on people”
"We cannot change our Rulers, but we can change
the way they Rule Us”
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also known as Dhirubhai, (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles Ambani took his company public in 1984. Dhirubhai has been one among the select Forbes billionaires and has also figured in the Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia. His life has often been referred to as a true "rags to riches" story.
He was born into a Gujarati family. HirachandGordhandhasAmbani was a village school teacher with little income.Hirachand and Jamnaben had two daughters and three sons Dhirubhai was the second son DhirubhaiDhirubhai was highly intelligent. He also do not like to learn lessons in the class school classroom. He chose work which used his physical ability to the maximum When Jamnaben once asked Dhirubhai and Ramnikbhai to help his father by earning money, he angrily replied, "Why do you keep screaming for money? I will make heaps of money one day". On weekends, he began setting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and made extra money which he gave his mother
The Reliance empire was split between the Ambani brothers
