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Dhirubhai Ambani

1932 - 2002

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Dhirajlal (Dhirubhai) Hirachand Ambani (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian billionaire businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958. Ambani took Reliance public in 1977. In 2016, he was honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour for his contributions to trade and industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dhirubhai Ambani has received more than 10,006,032 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Dhirubhai Ambani is the 250th most popular businessperson (up from 272nd in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from India (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 250 out of 847. Before him are Edsel Ford, Umberto Agnelli, David Packard, John Warnock, Eric Schmidt, and Giulia Tofana. After him are Félicien Kabuga, Francesco Baracca, Dietmar Hopp, Howard Schultz, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, and Ramón Calderón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 155. Before him are Gato Barbieri, Vasily Aksyonov, Eleanor F. Helin, Guðbergur Bergsson, John Hillerman, and Boris Shakhlin. After him are Nichelle Nichols, Spyros Kyprianou, József Antall, Félix Malloum, Pentti Linkola, and Frances E. Allen. Among people deceased in 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 102. Before him are Jacques Massu, Nikolai Amosov, Elie Hobeika, Michail Stasinopoulos, Waylon Jennings, and Dida. After him are Robert Guéï, Spyros Kyprianou, Văn Tiến Dũng, Domènec Balmanya, Barbara Valentin, and Joseph Bonanno.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 274 out of 1,861. Before him are Swaminarayan (1781), Merle Oberon (1911), Tilopa (928), Baji Rao I (1700), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), and C. N. Annadurai (1909). After him are Jaya Bachchan (1948), Birbal (1528), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Dhirubhai Ambani ranks 4. Before him are Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Jamsetji Tata (1839), and Ratan Tata (1937). After him are Sundar Pichai (1972), Akshata Murty (1980), Satya Nadella (1967), Azim Premji (1945), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Indra Nooyi (1955), Gautam Adani (1962), and Vijay Mallya (1955).

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