Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani   (billionaire, businessman)
Born	19 April 1957 Aden, Yemen
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	St. Xavier's College (Mumbai), Institute of Chemical Technology
Siblings	Anil Ambani
Member of	Council on Foreign Relations/Global Board of Advisors, WEF/Board of Trustees, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1994
Relatives	Tina Ambani
Asia's richest man living in the world's most expensive house. Selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994. By the 2010s, he sat on the board of the same World Economic Forum. Member of the Global Board of Advisors of the US Council on Foreign Relations.

Antilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, named after the mythical island Antillia. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family, who moved into it in 2012. The skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes, at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls. As of 2014, it was considered the world's most expensive private residence costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build.

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value. According to Forbes, he is the richest person in Asia with a net worth of US$98 billion and the 11th richest person in the world, as of 15 January 2022.

He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994. By the 2010s, he sat on the board of the same World Economic Forum. He is a member of the Global Board of Advisors of the US Council on Foreign Relations.

Career

In 1981 he started to help his father Dhirubhai Ambani run their family business, Reliance Industries Limited. By this time, it had already expanded so that it also dealt in refining and petrochemicals. The business also included products and services in retail and telecommunications industries. Reliance Retail Ltd., another subsidiary, is also the largest retailer in India.

Board memberships

• Member of Board of Governors Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Chairman, managing director, Chairman of Finance Committee and Member of Employees Stock Compensation Committee, Reliance Industries Limited
• Former chairman, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
• Former vice-chairman, Reliance Petroleum
• Chairman of the board, Reliance Petroleum
• Chairman and Chairman of Audit Committee, Reliance Retail Limited
• Chairman, Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC
• Former Director, Member of Credit Committee and Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee, Bank of America Corporation
• President, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006	25 January 2006	29 January 2006	Switzerland	Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known
WEF/Annual Meeting/2007	24 January 2007	28 January 2007	Switzerland	Only the 450 public figures listed of ~2200 participants
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2008	27 January 2008	World Economic Forum Switzerland
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2229 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012	25 January 2012	29 January 2012	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by a lot of people, both leaders and followers
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2951 known participants
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022	22 May 2022	26 May 2022	World Economic Forum Switzerland	1908 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	World Economic Forum Switzerland	The theme of the meeting is "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"