ANIL DHIRUBHAI AMBANI
Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is the Chairman of all listed Group companies, namely: Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
Till recently, he also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector enterprise.
Anil D Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, and was centrally involved in every aspect of the company's management over the next 22 years.
He is credited with having pioneered a number of path-breaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets.
He spearheaded the country's first forays into the overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting in 1991, he directed Reliance Industries in its efforts to rise over US$ 2 billion. He also steered the 100-year Yankee bond issue for the company in January 1997.
He is a member of:
• Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
• Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
• Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad
• Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
In June 2004, he was elected for a six-year term as an independent member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of India's Parliament a position he chose to resign voluntarily on March 25, 2006.
Awards and Achievements
• Conferred the 'CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platt’s Global Energy Awards
• Rated as one of 'India's Most Admired CEOs' for the sixth consecutive year in the Business Barons – TNS Mode opinion poll, 2004
• Conferred 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award' by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002
• Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001
• Selected by ASIAWEEK magazine for its list of 'Leaders of the Millennium in Business and Finance' and was introduced as the only 'new hero' in Business and Finance from India, June 1999.
Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is the Chairman of all listed Group companies, namely: Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
Till recently, he also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector enterprise.
Anil D Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, and was centrally involved in every aspect of the company's management over the next 22 years.
He is credited with having pioneered a number of path-breaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets.
He spearheaded the country's first forays into the overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting in 1991, he directed Reliance Industries in its efforts to rise over US$ 2 billion. He also steered the 100-year Yankee bond issue for the company in January 1997.
He is a member of:
• Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
• Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
• Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad
• Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
In June 2004, he was elected for a six-year term as an independent member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of India's Parliament a position he chose to resign voluntarily on March 25, 2006.
Awards and Achievements
• Conferred the 'CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platt’s Global Energy Awards
• Rated as one of 'India's Most Admired CEOs' for the sixth consecutive year in the Business Barons – TNS Mode opinion poll, 2004
• Conferred 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award' by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002
• Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001
• Selected by ASIAWEEK magazine for its list of 'Leaders of the Millennium in Business and Finance' and was introduced as the only 'new hero' in Business and Finance from India, June 1999.