This Indian tycoon does not need any introduction, Sir Dhirubhai Ambani who was the founder of Reliance Industries in Bombay.
Talking about his childhood he was born in 28 Dec. 1932, Chorwad, Junagadh state(Gujarat), India. He was one of the sons of a village school teacher, he was not interested in study from his childhood because he believe that there is no relation of money with study. ( पैसो का पढ़ाई से कोई रिश्ता नहीं है )
The rags of riches story started when he began his career by selling fritters( पकौड़े ) to pilgrims and then he moved to Aden, Yemen at the age of 16 yrs and started working on the petrol pump as manager.
But his vision was beyond of all that he returned to India with initial capital of Rs.15000 and started a textile company 1958 with a partner Champaklal Danani which import and export polyester and later this company named as -
Reliance Commercial Corporation.
He was moving forward with the success in the year's when business in India is at high risk. In 1965 the partnership ended but Dirubhai continued the polyester business and in 1975, the company expanded its business into textiles, with "Vimal" becoming its major brand.
Later on Reliance owns businesses across India engaged in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail and telecommunications with a massive turnover of 4.31 lakh crores INR(US$66 billion ).
" बड़ा सोचों , जल्दी सोचों और आगे की सोचों " with this thought Legendary Entrepreneur Dirubhai Ambani becomes India's second highest civilian honor for his contributions in trade & industry and has been honored by Padma Vibhushan award.
सपने देखो , खूब सोचो , मुश्किलों से लड़ो और मुस्किलो को मुनाफे में बदलो is his thought.
Legendary Entrepreneur Indian Business Tycoon say good bye to all on 6 july 2002 due to major stroke and "country lost iconic proof of what an ordinary Indian fired by the spirit of enterprise & driven by determination can achieve in his own lifetime."
We salute you great leader.
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