Satya Nadella

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Satya Nadella

The CEO of Microsoft

  • Satya Nadella (born 1969), is the CEO of Microsoft.
  • He is responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.

Education:

  • He is a student of the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet.
  • He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
  • He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago .
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from the Manipal Institute of Technology.

Industry Profile:

  • Nadella worked with Sun Microsystems as a member of the technology staff before he joined Microsoft in 1992.
  • In Microsoft, in the beginning he worked as the senior vice president of R&D for the Online Services Division and vice president of the Microsoft Business Division.
  • He was made the president of Microsoft’s $19 billion Server and Tools Business and led the transformation of the business and technology from client-server software to cloud infrastructure and services.
  • He is appointed as CEO of Microsoft in January 2014.

Anil Ambani

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Anil Ambani:

Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

Introduction:

  • Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: અનીલ ધીરજલાલ (ધીરૂભાઈ) અંબાણી), born on 4 June 1959, is an Indian businessman.
  • He is the chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates in India.
  • Anil Ambani is the younger son of Late. Dhirubhai Ambani & Kokilaben Ambani.
  •  Anil Ambani’s elder brother Mukesh Ambani and two sisters, Dipti Salgaoncar and Nina Kothari.
  • Spouse: Tina Ambani
  • They have two children (Anmol, Anshul).

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science degree from the Mumbai University.
  • MBA degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Industry Profile:

  • Anil Ambani joined Reliance Industries, the company founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer and is credited with having pioneered many financial innovations in the Indian capital markets.
  • Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) constructed & funded the The Mumbai Metro Rail project.

Achievements:

He is conferred the ‘Businessman of the Year 1997’ award by India’s leading business magazine Business India, December 1997.

 

Mukesh Ambani

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 Mukesh Ambani

Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

 

Introduction:

  • Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: મુકેશ ધીરુભાઈ અંબાણી; born on 19 April 1957) is an Indian business magnate who is the Chairman, Managing Director and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited(RIL).
  • Marital Status : Married.
  • A Fortune Global 500 company and India’s second most valuable company by market value.He holds a 44.7 % stake in the company.
  • RIL deals mainly in refining, petrochemical and in oil & gas sectors. Reliance Retail Ltd., another subsidiary, is the largest retailer in India.

Education:

  • Mukesh Ambani attended the Hill Grange High School on Peddar Road, Mumbai.
  • He received BE degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
  • He has enrolled for an MBA from Stanford University.

Industry Profile:

  • Chairman, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore
  • Member of Board of Governors UDCT, Mumbai
  • Chairman, Managing Director, Chairman of Finance Committee and Member of Employees Stock Compensation Committee, Reliance Industries Limited
  • Former Chairman, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
  • Former Vice Chairman, Reliance Petroleum
  • Chairman of the Board, Reliance Petroleum
  • Chairman and Chairman of Audit Committee, Reliance Retail Limited.
  • Chairman, Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC
  • Former Director, Member of Credit Committee and Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee’, Bank of America Corporation
  • President, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Achievements:

Year of Achieved awards Name of Achieved Award Award given by Organization
2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Ernst & Young India
2010 Global Vision Award at The Awards Dinner Asia Society
2010 Business Leader of the Year NDTV India
2010 Businessman of the Year Financial Chronicle
2010 School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Medal University of Pennsylvania.
2010 Global Leadership Award Business Council for International Understanding

 Website:

  • http://www.ril.com/

Social Life:

  • Mukesh Ambani stays with his family in Antilia – The most expensive home in the world.
  • His Spouse name is Nita Ambani
  • He has three children Akash, Isha and Anant.
  • He is the elder son of the late Dhirubhai Ambani & Kokilaben Ambani and  younger brother of Anil Ambani and two sisters, Dipti Salgaoncar and Nina Kothari.

Interesting Facts About Mukesh Ambani & His Family:

  • Ambani’s new house is called Antilia and according to a number of reputable publications, it is the most expensive home in the world. Antilia is actually the first house to exceed a net worth of one billion dollars.Antilia was built in downtown Mumbai, a city that is known for its exceptional poverty. The 60-storey house has a garage for 168 cars, an independent health club for each family member, a cinema and a staff of 600 people.
  • Anant Ambani, the 17-year old son of India’s richest man, is exceptionally spiritual. Numerous reports state that Anant Ambani is visiting the Lord Balaji temple as frequently, as possible.To prove his faith, the affluent teenager decided to make a special donation for the temple. Anant Ambani ended up providing a sacred white elephant as a special present to Lord Balaji.
  • Mukesh Ambani hates celebrating his birthday. The only exception he has ever made was on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
  • On the occasion of one of Nita Ambani’s  birthday, She received a jet plane worth 62 million dollars.
  • Nita Ambani had always wanted to be a dancer, but she instead holds degrees in interior design and teaching. Today, she is the chairperson of Dhirubhari Ambani International School.

Prem Watsa

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Prem Watsa

Founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings

Introduction:

  • (Born 1950 in Hyderabad, India) is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto, Ontario.
  • He has been called the “Canadian Warren Buffett” by some during successful periods of investing.

Education:

  1. Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet.
  2. IIT Chennai graduate in chemical engineering (1971).
  3. MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario.

Industry profile:

  1. Member of the Board of Trustees of the The Hospital for Sick Children.
  2. Member of the Advisory Board for the Richard Ivey School of Business.
  3. Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation.
  4. Chairman of the Investment Committee of St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
  5. In June 2009, he was installed as the ninth chancellor of the University of Waterloo.
  6. On January 22, 2012, it was reported he was to be appointed to BlackBerry handset maker, Research In Motion Ltd.
  7. On September 23 2013, Blackberry announced that it had signed a letter of intent to be acquired by Prem Watsa led Fairfax Financial Holdings in a $4.7 Billion deal.
  8. Fairfax Financial Holdings, an insurance-cum-investment company that Watsa founded in 1985, went on to become Canada’s most profitable company in 2008.