Dhirajlal H Ambani

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Dhirajlal Harichanda Ambani
Born December 28 1932
Chorwad, Gujarat, India

Died July 6 2002 (aged 69)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation Industrialist

Spouse Kokilaben Ambani
Children Mukesh Ambani
Anil Ambani
Nina Kothari
Deepti Salgaonkar
Website www.ril.com

Dhirajlal Hirachanda Ambani (28 December, 1932, - 6 July 2002), (lovingly called Dhirubhai Gujarati: ધીરૂભાઈ અંબાણી) was an Indian rags to riches, business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries with his cousin in Mumbai.
Early life
Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 28 December, 1932, at Chorwad, Junagadh in the now state of Gujarat, India. 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.
He was married to Kokilaben and had two sons, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, and two daughters, Nina Kothari and Deepti. He also worked in Aden, Yemen. for some time during his early years. A short Biography of Dhirubhai Ambani is available on Reliance Communications Ltd.
Life in Aden
The Yemini administration realized that their main unit of currency, the Rial, was disappearing fast. Upon launching an investigation, they realized that a lot of Rials were being routed to the Port City of Aden. It was found that a young man in his twenties was placing unlimited buy orders for Yemini Rials.
During those days, the Yemini Rial was made of pure silver coins and was in much demand at the London Bullion Exchange. Young Dhirubhai bought the Rials, melted them into pure silver and sold it to the bullion traders in London. During the latter part of his life, while talking to reporters, it is believed that he said “The margins were small but it was money for jam. After three months, it was stopped. But I made a few lakhs. In...