Saturday, July 21, 2007





Type Public (NSE: RELIANCE)
Founded 1966 As Reliance Commercial Corporation
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director
Industry Oil Conglomerates,
Products Petrolium Products,Retail Stores,Polymers,Polyesters,Chemicals,Textile.
Revenue Rs 1,10,886 crore (2007)
Employees ~90,358 (2004)


Reliance Industries (NSE: RELIANCE) is India's largest private sector company with a turnover of US $19.976 billion and profit of US $2.033 billion for the fiscal year ending in March 2006 making it India's first and only private sector Fortune 500 company. [3] It was founded by the late Dhirubhai Ambani in the 1966. After severe differences between the two sons of the founder Dhirubhai Ambani, the group was divided between the two feuding sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani in 2006.



  1. Contents
    1 Stock
    2 Products
    3 Subsidiaries
    4 Management
    5 Corporate Rankings
    6 Awards
    6.1 Awards for Managers


    Stock
    According to the company website "1 out of every 4 investors in India is a Reliance shareholder." See. Reliance has more than 3 million shareholders, making it one of the world's most widely held stock. Reliance Industries Ltd, subsequent to its split in January 2006 has continued to grow from strength to strength. Reliance companies have been among the best performing in the Indian stock market

    Products
    Reliance Industries Limited has a wide range of products from petroleum products, petrochemicals, to garments (under the brand name of Vimal).

    Subsidiaries
    Reliance Petroleum Limited. Reliance Engineering Associates (P) Ltd. (REAL) Reliance Infosolutions Pvt Ltd.(RISL)

    Management
    It is headed by Dhirubhai's son, Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

    Corporate Rankings
    RIL emerged as the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the 2006 Fortune Global 500 list (at rank 342) of the world's largest corporations .
    RIL was featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2005 at position 298 .
    RIL was the only Indian private sector company to be listed in the Top-500 companies in the world in terms of market value in Business Week's The Global 1000 List, July 2004.
    Reliance emerged in top positions in Business Barons - TNS Mode Opinion Poll in August 2004


  • Awards
    International Refiner of the Year in 2005 at the 23rd Annual Hart's World Refining and Fuels Conference

    Awards for Managers
    Mukesh D. Ambani was conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington, USA, May 2004.
    Mukesh D. Ambani ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004.
    Mukesh D. Ambani was chosen Telecom Man of the Year 2004 by Voice and Data magazine, September 2004.
    Mukesh D. Ambani is Economic Times Business Leader of the Year