Mukesh Ambani

“Our established businesses of hydrocarbons, energy, and petrochemicals pretty much run on their own, with their own proven leaders. This has helped me focus almost exclusively on two things: Firstly, new businesses. And secondly, institutionalising what I call the Reliance Management System.”

“I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.”

“Digital life and digital services are a multi-wave business.”

“In the journey of an entrepreneur, the most important thing is self-belief and the ability to convert that belief into reality.”

“Nobody had anticipated that chemicals was the direction in which Reliance was headed. I did chemical engineering because it was supposed to be the future.”

“I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.”

“Reliance has built a refinery-led energy business and a materials business. In the energy business, we give 2% of the world's petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel.”

“I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.”

“You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.”

“My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.”

“The regulator's job is not to guarantee us a profit, however much we cry. The regulator's job is to first make sure that the country goes forward and then make sure that the consumer goes forward.”

“I have always believed that technology drives human civilization's endeavor and progress.”

“Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That's a risk that business people take.”

“I guess when you are left on your own, you find your true potential. I remember my father never came to our school even once.”

“Mobile internet will be the single-most defining technology of this century for human development.”

“Why will I not give free service to my customers to get them used to mobile Internet, and to get every small town and village to use it? Everybody does promotions. In the internet world, free is normal.”

“I wanted to pursue chemical engineering because I thought it was the future.”

“For my father, life was uni-dimensional. Reliance was his life. Yet, some of my most vivid memories are about spending time with him. However busy he may have been, whatever the pressure, Sunday was for his wife and kids. I try to do the same with my family.”

“I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.”

“My obsession is with technology and how it can improve human life. In my view, what we have seen in the last 300 years is only a trailer.”