Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited, is the richest Indian businessman to have appeared on Forbes' list of world's most powerful people. The eldest scion of Dhirubhai Ambani has expanded his business over the years to provide products and services like Retail Markets and Telecommunications.

Ambani, who is touted to be one of the most successful businessmen in India, has lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar until the 1970s. In his youth, he travelled in public transport and was barely given an allowance.