DhiruBhai Ambani alias Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani was born on December 28, 1932, at Chorwad, Gujarat, into a Modh family. His father was a school teacher. DhiruBhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling "bhajias" to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends.
DhiruBhai Ambani was the most enterprising Indian entrepreneur. His life journey is started from bottom to top . He is remembered as the one who rewrote Indian corporate history and built a truly global corporate group.
Achievements:DhiruBhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company. Created an equity cult in the Indian capital market. Reliance is the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list .
After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, DhiruBhai moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and set up a textile trading company.
Assisted by his two sons, Mukesh and Anil, DhiruBhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company, Reliance India Limited, from a scratch. Over time his business has diversified into a core specialization in petrochemicals with additional interests in telecommunications, information technology, energy, power, retail, textiles, infrastructure services, capital markets, and logistics.
His ability to overcome all business obstacle, with foresight, better commonsense, dare to face challenges, sharp penetrating intellect and commitment to the country, catalyzed his business empire from a few thousand rupees to more than 60,000 crores.
DhiruBhai Ambani Life struggles
DhiruBhai Ambani was third child in a family of three son and two daughter.Son of rural school teacher DhiruBhai did his schooling in Chorwad but couldn't continue to college as he couldn't afford to. Financial problem at home forced him to drop out high school and look for service. Initially he started by selling "bhajias" to piligrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends.After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, DhiruBhai moved to Aden, Yemen..
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them," these Shakespearean phrases probably portray well the character of DhiruBhai.
Dhiru Bhai Quotes :
1. "I am deaf to the word "no"."
2.. "Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly"
3. "Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India."
4. "You do not require an invitation to make profits."
5. "If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow."
6. "Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities."
7. "Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver."
8. "Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth"
8. "Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation."
9. "Don't give up, courage is my conviction."
10. "We cannot change our Rulers, but we can change the way they Rule Us." 
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