Dhirubhai Ambani
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Template:Cleanup-date Image:Dhirubhai Ambani.gif Dhirubhai Ambani, was a legendary Indian business tycoon and founder of Reliance Industries Limited. He was born on 28 December, 1932, at Chorwad, Junagadh in State of Gujarat, India.
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, known as Dhirubhai, was born into a Modh family of a school teacher of very moderate means. When he was 16 years old, he moved to Aden and worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. Ten years later, he returned to India and started a business with a capital of Rs. 15000.00 (US$ 375).
That business has blossomed into Reliance specialising in petrochemicals and with diversified interests into telecommunications and information technology, as also presence in a diverse activities - energy, power, retail, textiles, infrastructure services, capital markets, and logistics.
Dhirubhai Ambani was conferred the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century Award by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted him "creator of wealth in the century".
He died on on 6 July 2002, at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is survived by Kokilaben Ambani, his wife, two sons, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, and two daughters, Nina Kothari and Deepti Salgaoncar.
As reported by BBC[1] at the time of his demise, that business (of 375 US$) has grown to become "a business empire with an estimated annual turnover of $12bn, and an 85,000-strong workforce".
his total turnover is 24 billion dollars a year