Dhirubhai Ambani
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A true rags-to-riches story, Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, has been undisputedly India's most enterprising entrepreneur. Born in a gujarati family Dhirubai moved toYemen at the age of 16, where he worked as a dispatch clerk with A. Besse & Co.
After working in Dubai for sometime he later returned to India where he founded the Reliance Commercial Corporation with a meager capital of Rs. 15000. He set up the business in partnership with Champaklal Damani from whom he split in 1965.
Dhirubhai started his first textile mill at Naroda, near Ahmedabad and launched the brand "Vimal". He later diversified into petrochemicals and sectors like Telecommunications, Information Technology, Energy, Power, Retail, Textiles, Capital Markets and Logistics.
He rose from humble beginnings to create India's largest industrial empire, and in the process, became one of the world's richest men. He rewrote India's corporate history for which he was featured among the select Forbes billionaires list. He also figured in the Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia.
Credited for starting the equity cult in India, Dhirubhai was praised for his key role in shaping India's stock market culture by attracting hordes of retail investors to a market monopolized by state-run financial