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Dhirubhai Ambani

1932 - 2002

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Dhirajlal Hirachand "Dhirubhai" Ambani (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian billionaire businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958. Ambani took Reliance public in 1977. In 2016, he was honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour for his contributions to trade and industry. Ambani faced numerous accusations of market manipulation, tax evasion, and cronyism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dhirubhai Ambani is the 226th most popular businessperson (up from 250th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from India (up from 274th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 226 out of 847. Before him are Tomáš Baťa, Vincenzo Lancia, Giulia Tofana, Arthur D. Levinson, Axel Springer, and Dieter Schwarz. After him are Rosalía Mera, Thomas Lipton, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Rex Tillerson, Carl Laemmle, and Stavros Niarchos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 134. Before him are Fernando Arrabal, Iskandar of Johor, Dušan Makavejev, Charly Gaul, Margarita Xhepa, and Félix Malloum. After him are Branko Lustig, Nancy Kassebaum, Paul Virilio, Tom Kibble, Guillermo Mordillo, and Marisa Pavan. Among people deceased in 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 87. Before him are John Entwistle, Ole-Johan Dahl, Marina Berti, Erwin Chargaff, François Périer, and Thomas Gordon. After him are Juan Antonio Bardem, Lisa Lopes, Alexander Lebed, Jack Shea, Ray Conniff, and Uziel Gal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 270 out of 1,861. Before him are Murad Bakhsh (1624), Anna Leonowens (1831), Ravidas (1450), Godfrey Brown (1915), Jagat Gosain (1573), and Balaji Baji Rao (1720). After him are Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Abbé Faria (1756), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Lara Dutta (1978), Dean Mahomed (1759), and Tom Kibble (1932).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 7. Before him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Ratan Tata (1937), Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), and Ajay Banga (1959). After him are Sundar Pichai (1972), Satya Nadella (1967), Arvind Krishna (1962), Akshata Murty (1980), Azim Premji (1945), and Gautam Adani (1962).

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