Anil Ambani

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, born on 4 June 1959 in Bombay, is an Indian businessman who became chairman and managing director of the Reliance Group, formed in July 2006 after the demerger of Reliance Industries. He is the youngest son of Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani, studied at Kishinchand Chellaram College and took an MBA at the Wharton School in 1983. After his father died in 2002 without a succession plan, the family businesses were split between him and his brother Mukesh, and Anil received the telecom, entertainment, financial services, power and infrastructure interests. He led listed companies including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power and Reliance Communications, and the Reliance Power share offer of 2008 was subscribed in under a minute. He sat in the Rajya Sabha as an independent member from 2004 to 2006 and declared bankruptcy before a UK court in February 2020.