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Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirajlal Hirachanda Ambani (28 December 1932, - 6 July 2002), (also known as Dhirubhai Gujarati: ધીરૂભાઈ અંબાણી) was an Indian rags to riches, business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries with his cousin in Mumbai.

Dhirubhai Ambani (Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani) was born on 28 December 1932, at Chorwad, Junagadh in the now state of Gujarat, India to Hirachand Gordhanbhai Ambani and Jamnaben[1] in a Modh family of very moderate means [2]. He was the second son of a school teacher. Dhirubhai Ambani is said to have started his entrepreneurial career by selling "pakora" to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends[3]. When he was 16 years old, he moved to Aden,Yemen. He worked as a dispatch clerk with A. Besse & Co. Two years later A. Besse & Co. became the distributors for Shell products and Dhirubhai was promoted to manage the company’s oil-filling station at the port of Aden.



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