Dhirubhai Ambani

“ If you are born poor, it’s not your fault but if you die poor it’s your fault”

Prestigious words said by the most famous personality of India, Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, who founded Reliance Industries in Bombay with his cousin.

Success needs hard work, determination and will to achieve what you dream. Its never bad to see big dreams but its bad when you know you have a big dream and all that you do to achieve that is ‘sit and wait’. If you want to achieve something get up work for it, you may fail sometimes, but have faith in yourself and your dream. You may wonder that your dream is worth working for… or is it too hard to achieve, then you should just see DHIRUBHAI AMBANI.

He is the best example for those who cry on their fate because they’re born poor. It’s not about money it’s about will power, determination to achieve something great in life. When he came to Mumbai, he had only one rupee in his pocket, one can imagine the hurdles he had to face during the journey of Re. 1 to hundred million. He started his first business in spices. After making modest profits, he moved into textiles and opened a mill in Naroda industrial area of Ahmedabad. He founded Reliance Industries in 1966, and as of 2012, the company has over 85,000 employees and provides almost 5% of the Central Government's total tax revenue. As of 2012, Reliance Industries was listed among top Fortune 500 list of world's biggest companies by revenues.

Its true there are no shortcuts in life. If you want to be successful you need to take the long way and walk on it patiently. That’s what he did. No one is born perfect but it’s our job to make ourself perfect.

From being a spice dealer to a cloth merchant to a textile producer, it was his overarching ambition, inexhaustible energy and never-say-die spirit that led him through all the obstacles to emerge as the business tycoon of India. He figured in The Sunday Times list of top 50 business men in Asia.

He started with nothing and ended with everything. We lost him on July 6, 2002. His funeral possession was not only attended by business people, politicians and celebrities but also by ordinary people.