Mukesh Ambani
 Ambani at the India Economic Summit, 2007. Photo: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Net worth | $99.7 billion Forbes 2026 list, March 24, 2026[1] |
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| World rank | 21st (Forbes 2026)[1] |
| Source of wealth | Reliance Industries (diversified) |
| Companies | Reliance Industries (chairman and managing director) |
| Citizenship | India |
| Born | April 19, 1957, Aden (now Yemen) |
| Education | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (BE); left Stanford University's MBA program in 1980 |
| Known for | Richest person in Asia; Jamnagar refinery |
| Net worth figures are estimates by the source named and change every day. | |
Mukesh Ambani is an Indian businessman, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, India's largest public company by stock-market value in 2025.[2] On the Forbes 2026 billionaires list, a snapshot taken on March 24, 2026, he was 21st in the world with an estimated $99.7 billion, the richest person in Asia.[1]
Net worth
- July 2018: $44.3 billion, passing Jack Ma to become Asia's richest person.[2]
- March 2026: $99.7 billion, 21st on the Forbes list.[1]
- June 2026: about $91.8 billion, still the richest person in Asia.[2]
He has been India's richest person on the Forbes list for many years running.[2]
How the fortune was made
Ambani was born in Aden (now in Yemen), the son of Dhirubhai Ambani, who founded Reliance Industries.[2] He studied at St. Xavier's College and the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, and left Stanford University's business school in 1980 to join Reliance.[2] At 24 he was put in charge of building the Patalganga petrochemical plant.[2] He expanded the company's energy business and led the building of its refinery at Jamnagar, which could process 660,000 barrels a day in 2010 and was the world's largest built from scratch.[2]
His family lives in Antilia, a 27-storey private building in Mumbai valued at $1 billion, the most expensive home in the world when it was built.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Forbes, "Mukesh Ambani", 2026 World's Billionaires list (snapshot of March 24, 2026), read November 3, 2026. Net worth is a Forbes estimate.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Wikipedia, "Mukesh Ambani", read November 3, 2026. Billionaire Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.