Short Biography
Anil Ambani was born on 04-06-1959 in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, India. He is an Indian Chairperson, Businessperson, Investor, Philanthropist & CEO.
Anil Ambani Complete Bio & Career
Anil Ambani did his schooling from Mumbai and has received a bachelor's degree in science from the University of the Mumbai. Later on, he obtained his Master's degree (MBA) from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States. Anil Ambani had joined his father's group company Reliance Industries as co-chief executive officer. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Capital and Reliance Communications and Reliance Energy and former Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited. He joined Reliance in 1983 as Assistant Chief Executive Officer and he is credited with bringing financial reforms in the Indian capital market.
After his father's death in 2002, Anil Ambani took the Reliance Group in his hands, showing his interest in telecom, entertainment, financial services, power & infrastructure. Later in 10 years, Reliance Group had taken possession of the Indian market and some foreign markets. He has also signed an agreement with international news channels like "BBC Today" and "Bloomberg TV" as well as buying shares of "BBC". On August 3, 2008, Ambani emerged as a major competitor in the English Premier League team, a deal worth 230 million pounds for the acquisition of United Newcastle. In the year 2005, he also took part in the film business and had acquired a majority stake in Adlabs Films. In the year 2009, he named the company Reliance Mediaworks. According to the Forbes billionaire list of the year 2016, Ambani's net worth was $ 3.3 billion.
Apart from the Business ventures, he is also active in other social activities and he is a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In June 2004, in support of the Samajwadi Party, Anil was elected as an independent member of the Rajya Sabha- Upper House in the Indian Parliament. He married to actress Tina in 1991 and it was a love marriage. In fact, he met with Tina first time during a Gujarati marriage. This couple has two sons Jai Anshul and Jai Anmol.