Mukesh Ambani Overtakes Jack Ma as Asia’s Richest Billionaire

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India’s Mukesh Ambani has dethroned China’s Jack Ma – the founder of Alibaba Group – as Asia’s richest man. Ambani’s net worth currently stands at $44.3 billion against Ma’s total of $44 billion.

India’s as well as Asia’s richest man added $4 billion to his total earnings in 2018 as his company Reliance doubled its petrochemicals capacity. On the other hand, Jack Ma has lost $1.4 billion during this year so far.

Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited which is listed amongst Fortune 500 companies. Reliance is India’s biggest company in terms of market value as well. Ambani is also the largest shareholder in Reliance with more than 43% shares of the conglomerate to his name.


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Who is Mukesh Ambani?

Mukesh Ambani inherited the company from his father Dhirubhai Ambani. Dhirubhai worked as a clerk initially but later switched to selling spices and yarn. He then founded Reliance Industries to manufacture textiles and fabrics.

Mukesh Ambani joined the Reliance board at the age of 20 and soon earned a name for himself for launching large-scale projects. He is pivotal in taking Reliance to refining and petrochemical business in the 1990s and then telecom and retail in 2000s. Mukesh Ambani played a critical role in establishing the world’s largest refining complex at Jamnagar India.

Ambani also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians and lives in a $400 million tower block residence in Mumbai.


  • Yeah but the world is getting rid of fossil fuels because they are killing the planet’s environment. Ecommerce OTOH is good for the environment because it is more efficient than brick and mortar retail. Like Ma once said “If you want 10,000 new customers you have to build a new warehouse and this and that. For me: two servers.” So Jack Ma’s fortune will expand faster and last longer than Ambani’s.

  • There are some facts misquoted or incorrect in this article. He lives in a mansion worth a billion dollars. He owns a conglomerate which includes from petrochemicals to e commerce to media to software to tele communications. He will probably be a leading billionaire for years to come.


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