After Dhirubhai what? Everyone concerned or interested was thinking of the same question. He had left behind a gigantic industrial empire with which the fate of millions of people was connected and it was a significant contributor to the nation’s economic progress rate. Would Reliance Group get divided between brothers or it will disintegrate? Will […]
Dhirubhai’s showed what an ordinary Indian can achieve through industriousness and firm resolve.—Then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dhirubhai was a great dreamer but he would be remembered more for his capacity to realise those dreams.—Manmohan Singh, then Leader of Opposition in Rajya SabhaDhirubhai proved that success comes through hard work and not by kismet
Dhirubhai Ambani breathed his last in Breach Candy hospital at the age of 69 years. He was admitted to the hospital 13 days before when he had suffered massive heart and brain strokes. He had gone in ‘Coma’. It was his inbuild will power that his body waged a survival battle for 13 days. The
(At the time of his death)To correctly assess the business-industrial empire of Dhirubhai Ambani it is imperative to keep in mind the earlier state at the time of start. He was just a matriculate, so he could not boast of academic asset. For the capital he had what he had saved in his service tenure
Dhirubhai was also a showman besides being a skillful manager and entrepreneur. He knew the importance of advertisements and glitzy events in the modern world to become a successful business man. Only the product being of quality is not enough for success. He wanted to convey to the consumers the qualities of his product. He
‘Business India’ magazine declares Dhirubhai Ambani ‘Business man of the year-1993’. There has been a tradition of listing 50 living persons every year who contribute to progress of fibre based industries and honouring them with ‘Companion Membership’ of United Kingdom. In 1994 Dhirubhai Ambani was honoured with the membership of the Textiles Institute. ‘Business Week’,
What Dhirubhai Ambani achieved as an entrepreneur with big dreams and his talent to realise those dreams puzzled the economists and management skill creators. How could a man with little education, no degree from any institute, no traning in entrepreneurship and without backing from financial institutions was able to raise the biggest industrial empire of
On December 28, 1932 a son was born to Hirachand Gowardhan Das Ambani who was named ‘Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani.’ The father had no idea that his fourth child would make the name of the family ‘Ambani’ a most familiar word of the Indian corporate word that would figure in the international financial and business magazines
Some interesting information related to the corporate king of India, Dhirubhai Ambani are given below:The first loanThree decades ago the financial institution ICICI gave Dhirubhai the first loan for Reliance Industries Ltd. The ICICI officials had never thought that Dhirubhai would be at their office within one year to demand second instalment of the sanctioned
April 30, 1982 was the day when a man named Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani suddenly came into limelight. Earlier only a few knew him as Dhirubhai. Now he was India’s miracle man, Dhirubhai Ambani. When he woke up in the morning he had no idea what was coming to him on that day. With the mercury
The speciality of Relance Industrial Group was the thinking and working capacity of Dhirubhai Ambani. The scale of projects being undertaken was living proof of that. The gigantic Jamnagar refinery was seen to be believed. The refinery was set up with a capital of Rs. 25,000 crores which was mind boggling by Indian standards at
The Reliance Group set up by Dhirubhai Ambani has grown into a huge empire and has become the number one industrial house of India. Birlas and Tatas have got left behind. Dhirubhai was a man of few words but his works talked for him. Yet at times he did not shy away from revealing his
When Dhirubhai Ambani was carving a niche for himself in the business world there used to be a strange relationship between the industrialists and Indian politics. Lately, that relationship has considerably weakened due to the strictness of the Election Commission and close watch by envigorated mass media. Then it was not so. The politicians needed
Dhirubhai’s talent hunt funda was also quite famous. He was always on the look out for capable people. When he would decide that he needed that particular person for his empire he used to send an invitation for a talk to the target. The ensuing meeting would lead to a very balanced conversation. To several
Dhirubhai thought—‘‘It is not enough just to set a last date of a project. The expectation should be its accomplishment before that date.’’On this motto his sons have been acting upon faithfully. The father has left big impression and influence over his sons. Dhirubhai used to visualise the projects and his sons, Mukesh and Anil