Dhirubhai Ambani Profile

Dhirubhai Ambani Biography

Name: Dhirubhai Ambani

Birth Date: Dec 28, 1932

Birth Place: Chorvad, Junagadh State

Death Date: July 6, 2002

Death Place: Mumbai, India

Occupation: Founder of Reliance Industries, Founder of Reliance Power, Founder of Reliance Capital

Father: Hirachand Gordhanbhai Ambani

Mother: Jamnaben

Siblings: Trilochanaben, Jasuben, Ramnikbhai, Natubhai

Spouse: Kokilaben Ambani

Son: Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani

Daughter: Nita Kothari, Deepti Salgaonkar

Awards

ABLF Global Asian Award at the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards in Oct 2011

Conferred Man of the Century award by Chemtech Foundation and Chemical Engineering World in nov 2000

Deans Medal by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in June 1998

Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence for Lifetime Achievement in August 2001

Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Man of 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted him Greatest Creator of Wealth in the Centuries

Padma Vibhushan Award in 2016 from the Governament of India