Mukesh Ambani is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist. He is presently the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. Reliance industries is a Fortune Global 500 company and India’s most valuable company by market value.
MUKESH AMBANI
As per Forbes Magazine, as of May’2023, the estimated net worth of Mukesh Ambani stands at $87.2 billion ( Approx 7 Lakhs 21 Thousand 262 Crores rupees ). With this net worth he becomes the richest person in Asia and the 13th richest person in the world.
The original name of Mukesh Ambani is Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani. He was born on was born on 19 April 1957. He was born in the British Crown colony of Aden which is now known as Yemen. Yemen is a country in Western Asia. Mukesh was born into a Gujarati family. His parents are Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani and Mrs. Kokilaben Ambani. Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani moved back to India in 1958. Dhirubhai planned to start a trading business that focused on spices and textiles in India.
Their family lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the 1970s. After the financial condition of their family improved, his father Dhirubhai Ambani purchased a 14-floor apartment block called ‘Sea Wind’ in Colaba in Mumbai, India where they started living.
MUKESH AMBANI’S PERSONAL LIFE
School : Hill Grange High School at Peddar Road, Mumbai, India
College : St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India
Bachelor of Engineering ( Chemical Engineering ) : Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
MBA : Stanford University ( Dropped out in 1980 to to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise ). In 1981, Mukesh started to help his father Dhirubhai to run their family business “Reliance Industries Limited”.
Younger Brother – Anil Ambani. Anil Ambani is married to former Indian Bollywood actress, Tina Ambani.
Sisters – Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari and Dipti Dattaraj Salgaonkar.
Wife – In 1985 Mukesh Ambani got married to Mrs. Nita Ambani.
In 1966, Reliance Industries Limited was founded by his father Dhirubhai Ambani. Following Dhirubhai’s death in 2002, Mukesh and his younger brother Anil assumed joint leadership of Reliance. While the elder brother took over as the chairman and managing director, Anil was named vice chairman and joint managing director. The brothers, however, feuded over control, leading to a split with Mukesh assuming control of the gas, oil, and petrochemicals units as RIL, while Anil got telecommunications, power generation, and financial services units through a demerger.
Mukesh Ambani’s Children
Akash Ambani – Akash has completed his schooling from Dhirubhai Ambani International School followed by a major in Economics from Brown University in the United States.
Isha Ambani – Akash Ambani and Isha are twins. Isha also did her schooling from Dhirubhai Ambani International School. Than she completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and South Asian studies from Yale University followed by an MBA from Stanford University.
Anant Ambani – Anant did his schooling from the same school followed by Graduation from Brown University in Rhode Island. He is the youngest one.
Mukesh Ambani’s Net Worth
As of May’2023, the estimated net worth of Mukesh Ambani stands at $87.2 billion ( Approx 7 Lakhs 21 Thousand 262 Crores rupees ).
Mukesh Ambani’s Car Collection
As per reports, the Ambani family has a collection of more than 150 cars. Below are some of them.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead ( Convertible ) – Rs.7.6 Crores
Bentley Bentayga – Rs.3.85 Crores. This is for Akash Ambani.
BMW 760 Li Armoured – Rs.8.5 Crores. This is a bulletproof car with Z-level security features. Mukesh Ambani paid a 300% import duty to bring this car from Germany to India and spent around 1.6 Crores to register it.
Mercedes Maybach Benz S660 Guard – Rs.10.50 Crores. Ambani’s were the first Indian to buy this car.
Ferrari SF90 Stradale – Rs.7.50 Crores.
Bentley Continental Flying spur – Rs.3.69 Crores
Aston Martin Rapide – Rs.3.88 Crores
Rolls-Royce Phantom – Rs.4 Crores
Mukesh Ambani’s Private jets
In addition to having multiple luxurious imported cars, The Ambanis also owns private jets.
The Boeing Business Jets
Mukesh Ambani is the proud owner of the Boeing Business Jet. Given its size and the luxuries it offers, it could easily be called a flying hotel. The 1,004 sqft comes with a private bedroom suite and a well-equipped executive office. The Boeing Business Jet comes at a steep price of Rs 535 crore ($73 million) and isn’t the only private jet Mukesh Ambani owns.
Falcon 900EX Jet
The small (only when compared to the giant Boeing Business Jet) and powerful Falcon 900EX jet brings a cutting edge to the Ambani’s aerial fleet. The Dassault Falcon 900EX is a long-range jet that is typically outfitted with three cabin zones and has a range of 4,500 nm, according to the official website. This long-range plane can house 12 passengers comfortably, but the capacity can be extended to 16 passengers with an alternate seating pattern.
Airbus A319
The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family, widely used as a commercial passenger jet airliner by the top aviation companies across the world. According to TOI, this gigantic airplane was a gift from Mukesh Ambani to his wife, Nita Ambani, on her 44th birthday. Business Insider states that the Ambani’s Airbus A319 has been custom-fitted with an office, a cabin with game consoles, music systems, satellite television and wireless communications.
Mukesh Ambani’s House
Antilia
In 2012, Mukesh Ambani and his family moved to Antilia. It is located in Altamount Road in Cumballa Hill, Mumbai, India. Ambani’s Antilia is actually the most expensive private residential home in the world. Buckingham Palace was previously considered the most expensive private property, however as it was a Crown property, Antilia became the most expensive private residential home in the world as of now.
Mukesh Ambani’s house price in Indian rupees works out to be approximately Rs 15,000 crore. Property surveyors are of the view that the per sq ft price of Antilia ranges between Rs 80,000 and Rs 85,000.
It is of 27 storied, 173 meters ( 568 Feet ) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft) structure.
168 car garages are there, a Ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a personal theatre with 50 seats, a garden in the terrace, swimming pool, spa, health center, a personal temple, and a snow room.
The structure can tolerate a 8 magnitude earthquake.
Antilia was designed by two US architecture firms Perkins & Will, based in Chicago, and Hirsch Bedner Associates, based in Los Angeles.
It was build in a 4,532-square-metre (1.120-acre) land.
The design of Antilia was in accordance with the contemporary Asian interiors at the Mandarin Oriental, New York, also designed by these two architecture firms.
The house also includes space for the staffs of Ambani’s which is around 600.
The building plan was approved by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in 2003.
The building has one helipad.
In June 2011, almost 50 renowned pandits were invited to conduct pujas and address vastu issues in the building, after which the Ambanis took up residence in September 2011.
Aside from Antilia, his real estate also includes Stoke Park in London ( In April 2021, Mukesh Ambani purchased the iconic Stoke Park estate—which included a luxury hotel and one of the top-rated golf courses in Europe—for £57 million (Rs 592 crore) and a beach-front villa in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah ( Mukesh Ambani has bought another villa in Dubai for a whopping $163 million (estimated Rs 1,349.60 crore) at the Palm Jumeirah island.
Lying close to the villa Mukesh Ambani earlier bought for his son anant in the same neighborhood, the new property of India’s second richest person is a 10-bedroom residence with a private spa and indoor & outdoor pools. Ambani bought the property in mid-October from Kuwaiti tycoon Mohammed Alshaya ).
As per reports the maintenance work at Antilia requires an expenditure of Rs 2.5 crores per month.
Companies under Reliance Industries
Reliance Retail, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Network18 Media & Investments Limited, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Petroleum, Reliance Power Limited, Reliance Life Sciences, Reliance Capital Limited, Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd ( Reliance Big Entertainment and BIG Pictures ), DEN Networks Limited, Justdial, Reliance Group, Reliance Communications Limited, Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd, Hamley, Reliance Embibe, Reliance Market, Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Jio Platforms, JioMart, Football Sports Development Limited, Reliance Digital, Reliance Foundation, Reliance Solar Group.
As per reports Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian Businessman who gets a Z-Level security which costs him around 15-16 Lakhs a month. Earlier this year, The Supreme Court of India directed the authorities to provide businessman Mukesh Ambani and his family members with a higher level of security cover throughout India and abroad. The Ambanis are now got covered under highest level Z+ security – with a detail of 55 personnel including more than 10 NSG commandos and police officers.
Mukesh Ambani earned around Rs.90 Crore every hour during the Covid 19 lockdown since March 2020.
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