'I learnt business at the Besse which was then the best trading firm this side of the Suez,' he used to tell friends in later years. Later, he was transferred to the section that handled petroleum products for the oil giant Shell Dhirubhai was first sent to the commodities trading section of the firm. Besse acted as trading agents for a large number of European, American, African and Asian companies and dealt with all sorts of goods ranging from sugar, spices, food grains and textiles to office stationary, tools, machinery and petroleum products. It was engaged in almost every branch of trading business-cargo booking, handling, shipping, forwarding, and wholesale merchandising. was the largest transcontinental trading firm east of Suez. Those days Aden was the second busiest trading and oil bunkering port in the world after London handling over 6,300 ships and 1,500 dhows a year. Besse & Co., named after its French founder Antonin Besse. On reaching Aden, Dhirubhai joined office on the very day of his arrival. It was on board the ship that's Dhirubhai learnt from Gujarati newspaper that he had passed his matriculation examination in second division. In a few days he was in Bombay to board the ship to Aden. So he needed to hurry up before the visa rules changed. Those days Indians did not need a visa for entering Aden but there were rumours around that the no visa regime was about to change any day. 'I'll do as you say' he said and the very next morning he left for Rajkot to get his passport. You go there.' Дhirubhai had really wanted to study for a bachelor's degree, but his ambition melted when he looked into the anxious eyes of his sick father. Ramnikbhai has arranged a job for you in Aden. I know you want to study further but I can't afford that any more. You know I have been unwell for past several months. Hirachandbhai asked his son the very night he reached home. 'Dhiru, do you know why I have called you here?' Hirachandbhai had been unwell for quite some time and had grown extremely weak and frail.

Just after Dhirubhai was through his annual matriculation examination and even before the result was out, Hirachandbhai called him home to Chorwad. He also used to sell milk powder to make his income before that and luckily he turned to become a great man. On weekends, he began setting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and made extra money which he gave his mother. When Jamnaben once asked Dhirubhai and Ramnikbhai to help his father by earning money, he angrily replied, 'Why do you keep screaming for money? I will make heaps of money one day'. He chose work which used his physical ability to the maximum rather than cramming school lessons. He was also highly impatient of the oppressive grinding mill of the school classroom. Dhirubhai was precocious and highly intelligent. Hirachand and Jamnaben had two daughters - Trilochanaben and Jasuben and three sons - Ramnikbhai, Dhirubhai and Natubhai. Hirachand Ambani was a village school teacher with less income given to him. 6 Dhirubhai's control over stock exchange.After his death, the group was split into Reliance Industries, headed by Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADAG), led by Anil Ambani. In 1986 after a heart attack he handed over Reliance Group to his sons Mukesh and Anil. Ambani was credited with introducing the stock market to the average investor, and thousands of investors attended the Reliance annual general meetings, which were sometimes held in a football stadium, with millions more watching on television. Dhirubhai founded Reliance Industries in 1958 and today the company, with over 85,000 employees, provides almost 5% of the Central Government's total tax revenue. After making modest profits, he moved into textiles and opened his mill near Ahmedabad.

His life has often been referred to as a true ' rags to riches' story.Дhirubhai started off as a small time worker with Arab merchants in the 1950s and moved to Mumbai in 1958 to start his own business in spices. Dhirubhai has been one among the select Forbes billionaires and has also figured in the Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia. $8 billion ДЄnil Ambani, Nina Kothari and Deepti SalgaonkarДhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, (28 December 1932 вЂ“ 6 July 2002) was an Indian business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Business tycoon Chairman of Reliance Industries investor

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