Mukesh Ambani

“Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.”

“China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand.”

“If there are some losses that you take, then we're all big boys - we shouldn't be crying.”

“All of us know that the energy from the sun can now be harnessed, and we need to convert it sensibly to use it.”

“By that time - the early '70s - Vimal was a fairly successful textile brand. So everybody expected me to do textile engineering. I shocked them by saying that I would go to IIT.”

“At Reliance, we have always believed in investing in the businesses of the future and in investing in talent.”

“I am a big believer that whatever has gone lies in the past. You should only learn from it, and you should only look at the present and the future. That's been my father's philosophy and mine as well.”

“All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.”

“The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.”

“I believe, 50 years from now, when you write history, one technology that would have changed human civilization is going to be the mobile Internet.”

“As long as you've got your courage of conviction, it works for you. I think that the same applies, too, even where you don't, because in today's world, financial resources are the least important. World has moved to the power of ideas.”

“Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.”

“I am personally a big believer that technology is the biggest driver of human development, and if you can use technology to benefit people, then that's the best business you can have.”

“Until my father brought me into Reliance, I was pretty sure that I wanted to study in a U.S. university: hopefully, a little bit of time, either work at the World Bank or teach as a professor.”

“We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.”