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1. Dhirubhai Ambani
Presented By:
Hemanshu
Malpani

2. Introduction
• Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as
Dhirubhai, (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002)
was an Indian business magnate and
entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a
petrochemicals, communications, power, and
textiles conglomerate.

3. Birth
 D.O.B.- 28.12.1932
He born at Chorwad, of Gujarat
Father - Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani -a school
teacher
Mother- Jamanaben
 Two brothers and two sisters.

4. • Mission: “Pursue your
goals even in the face of
difficulties, and convert
adversities into
opportunities.”
• Vision: “Think big, think
fast and think ahead.”
Mission And Vision

5.  Dhirubhai Ambani has voyaged through a journey from rags to
riches.
Dhirubhai has always shown all the critical leadership qualities.
 He would always grab an opportunity and strike on it.
As a Leader

6. Rags To Riches
• Life In Aden (1949-1958)
He joined as a clerk with the A. Besse & Co. Those days Aden was the
second busiest trading and oil bunkering port in the world after London
handling over 6,300 ships and 1,500 dhows a year.
He learnt the ways of commodity trading, high seas purchase and sales,
marketing and distribution, currency trading, and money management
• Majin Commercial Corporation
Dhirubhai Ambani returned to India and started "Majin" in partnership
with Champaklal Damani, his second cousin, who used to be with him in
Aden, Yemen. Majin was to import polyester yarn and export spices to
Yemen.

7. Contd.
Their partnership ended soon. Dhirubhai was a known risk taker and he
believed in building inventories, anticipating a price rise, and making
profits. In 1968, he moved to an upmarket apartment at Altamount Road
in South Mumbai. Ambani's net worth was estimated at about Rs.10
lakh by late 1970s.
• Reliance Textiles
In the year 1966, the brand "Vimal“ was started. In the year 1975, a
Technical team from the World Bank visited the Reliance Textiles'
Manufacturing unit. This unit has the rare distinction of being certified
as "excellent even by developed country standards" during that period.

8. Contd.
• Initial public offering
Dhirubhai Ambani is awarded with starting the equity cult in India.
More than 58,000 investors from various parts of India subscribed to
Reliance's IPO in 1977.
Reliance Industries was the first private sector company whose Annual
General Meetings were held in stadiums. Ambani's net worth was
estimated at about Rs.1 billion by early 1980s.
• Diversification
It has presence in various sectors like petrochemicals, textiles and is
involved in the production of crude oil and gas, to polyester and polymer
products. The company further diversified into Telecom, Insurance and
Internet Businesses, the Power Sector and so on.

9. Challenges of Introducing IPO
• Convincing the senior managers to frontline employees about its
benefit
• Attracting investors from outside the organisation to buy the IPO
• Convincing large number of small investors in rural Gujarat to be
shareholders of his company
• Creating trust in his company that the investment can create
millions of rupees among the minds of investors.

10. In Popular Media
In 1998, a book "The Polyester
Prince" is also an unauthorized
biography of Dhirubhai Ambani,
outlining all his political and
business conquests
Guru- film based on
Dhirubhai Ambani

11. 9 great management lessons
from Dhirubhai Ambani
1. Roll up your sleeves and help.
2. Be a safety net for your team.
3. The silent benefactor.
4. Dream big, but dream with your eyes open.
5. Leave the professional alone!
6. Change your orbit, constantly!
7. The arm-around-the-shoulder leader
8. The Dhirubhai theory of Supply creating Demand
9. Money is not a product by itself, it is a by-product, so don't chase it

12. Awards and Recognitions
• 1996,1998,2000 – Power-50 the most
powerful man in Asia by Asia week
Magazine
• 2000 Man of the Century by Chemtech
Foundation and Chemical Engineering
World
• Man of 20th Century by Federation of
Indian Chamber of Commerce and
Industries
• 2001 Lifetime achievement awards by
The Economics Times