Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dhiru Bhai Ambani

Dhiru bhai Ambani was born on 28 dec 1932 at Chorwad, Gujarat, into a Modh family. His full name was Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani .His father was a school teacher.
After completing his matriculation at the age of 16, Dhirubhai moved to Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 to full fill his dream and set up a textile trading company.Helped by his two sons, Mukesh and Anil, Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company, Reliance India Limited, from a scratch.
1992 was important for him because in 1992, Reliance became the first Indian company to raise money in global markets, its high credit-taking in international markets limited only by India's sovereign rating. Reliance also became the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Reliance the greatest creator of wealth in the century.Dhiru bhai created wealth for his investor for company.Dhirubhai Ambani died on July 6, 2002, at Mumbai at the age of 69 years.

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