This document provides biographical details about Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries. It describes his childhood, education, early career working for A. Besse & Co. in Yemen, and return to India in 1958 to establish Majin Commercial Corporation, the predecessor of Reliance. It outlines his expansion into the textile business with Vimal in 1966 and transforming the company into a major public listed entity through an IPO in 1977. The document also provides key facts and figures about Reliance Industries' growth over the decades under Dhirubhai Ambani's leadership and lists some of the awards and recognition he received.

6. CHILDHOOD
 Extremely demanding
 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.

7. 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

8.  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. as a dispatch clerk
for a salary of Rs.300, immediately on reaching Aden.
 A. Besse & Co.-- largest transcontinental trading firm
east of Suez, engaged in almost every branch of
trading business-cargo booking, handling, shipping,
forwarding, and wholesale merchandising.
 Dhirubhai -first sent to the commodities trading
section & later, transferred to the section that handled
petroleum products for the oil giant Shell.
 quick on the uptake; learnt the ways of commodity
trading.

9. Majin Commercial Corporation
 Ten years later, Dhirubhai Ambani returned to India and started
"Majin" in partnership with Champaklal Damani, his second
cousin, who used to be with him in Aden, Yemen.
 The first office of the Reliance Commercial Corporation
was set up at the Narsinatha Street in Masjid Bunder. It was
350 sq ft (33 m2). room with a telephone, one table and three
chairs. Initially, they had two assistants to help them with their
business.
 During this period, Dhirubhai and his family used to stay in a
one bedroom apartment. In 1965, Champaklal Damani and
Dhirubhai Ambani ended their partnership .
 Dhirubhai started on his own. It is believed that both
 had different take on how to conduct business. Ambani's net
worth was estimated at about Rs.10 lakh by late 1970s.

10. Reliance Textiles
 Sensing a good opportunity in the textile business,
Dhirubhai and Aryan Mehra started the first textile mill
at Naroda, in Ahmedabad in the year 1966.
 Dhirubhai started the brand "Vimal"Extensive
marketing of the brand "Vimal" in the interiors of India
made it a household name. Franchise retail outlets were
started and they used to sell "only Vimal" brand of
textiles.
 Dhirubhai Ambani is awarded with starting the equity
cult in India. More than 58,000 investors from various
parts of India subscribed to Reliance's IPO in 1977.

11. 1932
Born
1949
In Aden
1958
Reliance
Commercial
Corporation
1966
Started
with the
textile
Mill
1977
The
Company
Went Pubic

12. •9 Great management lessons
from Dhirubhai Ambani
 1: Roll up your sleeves and help.
 2: Be a safety net for your team.
 3:The silent benefactor.
 4: Dream big, but dream with your
eyes open.
 5: Leave the professional alone!
 6: Change your orbit, constantly!

13.  7.The arm-around-the-shoulder
leader
 8.The Dhirubhai theory of Supply
creating Demand
 9. Money is not a product by itself,
it is a by-product, so don't chase it
Entrepreneurship’s true sense lies in the fact that he always looks upon opportunity.
“He gave courage which we never new we had”

14. 1958
Started
BusinessWith
Rs 1,50,000
1976
Turnover was Rs
70 Crore
2002
Turnover raised
up to RS 75,000
Crore
2009
Turnover is Rs
1,21,698 Crore

15. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
Reliance
Industries
Limited
Oil & Gas
Petroleum
Petro-
chemicals
Polyester
Textiles
Retail
Telecom

16. Guru- film based on
Dhirubhai Ambani

17. BOOK
In 1998, a book published by Hamish McDonald titled "The Polyester
Prince" is also an unauthorised biography of Dhirubhai Ambani,
outlining all his political and business conquests.

18. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
 Dhirubhai has been one among the select Forbes
billionaires
 Reliance is in the Fortune 500
 The Economic Times - Lifetime Achievement Award
 TNS-Mode Survey - India's Most Admired CEO
 Asia Week - Dhirubhai among Asia's 50 most powerful
people
 The Times of India - Dhirubhai Ambani voted "Creator
of Wealth" of the Century
 Business India - Dhirubhai Ambani, Businessman of
the Year 1993

19. Conferred 'The Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence for Lifetime
Achievement', August 2001.
Voted as 'Indian Businessman of the Century' in Business Barons Global
Multimedia Poll, December 1999.
Amongst 'The Power 50 - India's 50 most powerful decision-makers in
Politics, Business & Finance', Business Barons, August 1999.
Declared 'Most Admired Indian Business Leader' by The Times of
India, Indiatimes.com poll, July 1999.
The only Indian industrialist in 'Business Hall of Fame'
in Asiaweek, October 1998.