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Mukesh Ambani

An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commando - part of the security detail guarding Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani - runs at the entrance to the venue of the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai on June 6, 2013. India's largest private firm Reliance Industries plans to invest 1.5 trillion rupees (USD26 billion) in all its businesses over the next three years, its chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders. Reliance is India's largest private oil and gas explorer with a strong presence in the petrochemicals and polyester sectors and has expanded into the fast-growing broadband and retail segments in recent years. Since April 2013, the Indian government has provided the country's richest man Mukesh Ambani, head of energy giant Reliance Industries, with full-time security from armed commandos.

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About Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani (Gujarati:મુકેશ અંબાની ) (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden, Yemen) is an Indian business tycoon. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. His wealth is valued at $ 29.0 Billion by Forbes Magazine, making him the world's 4th richest person and Asia's wealthiest person. Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Mukesh Ambani directed and led the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity of 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per year) integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure. Today, he leads the largest private sector conglomerate in India.

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