Ambani is believed to be willing to pay for the cost of the protection.
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Azim Premji, for years India's richest resident, was unseated by Mukesh and Anil Ambani.
Indian billionaires like Mukesh Ambani bought franchises as did the flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani plans to move into 570-foot building, called Antila, this month.
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Brothers Anil and Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries jumped to 65th this year from 123rd in 2003.
Moreover, Mr. Ambani's spectrum license requires that the network reach 50% of rural market areas by 2015.
By adding Ambani, Bank of America has found a powerful insider and dominant spokesman for further Asian expansion.
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Tata, more than anyone else, stands on a stronger moral high ground to speak out loud against Ambani.
Mr. Ambani is taking a strong personal interest in his telecom venture, people familiar with the project say.
Ambani is one of 24 Indian billionaires, all but one of whom are poorer than a year ago.
Indeed, Ambani is the only Indian in Forbes' list of 500 richest people in the world last year.
Inveigling his way into prime minister Indira Gandhi's inner circle, Ambani found the power to control yarn prices.
Purchasing import licenses was vital, and McDonald supplies choice anecdotes of how Ambani dealt with officials and politicians.
One pal is billionaire Anil Ambani who was an early investor in Swan Telecom, reportedly with a 10% stake.
India is a close second with 17 including its two richest citizens, Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal.
Ambani's U.S.-educated sons, Anil and Mukesh, effectively run the company now, and they look forward to a new India.
Ambani even resorted to buying a Bombay-based newspaper to counter the negative stories.
In 1957, Ambani returned to India with his wife and an infant son.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is the telecom venture of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, India's third-largest company by market capitalization.
More than three million Indians bought shares in the company, helping to finance Ambani's move into oil-refining and other business.
Ambani had noticed that the riyal exchange to the British pound was lower than its worth on the silver market.
The two bidders in the fray are Hindustan Construction and Reliance Infrastructure, part of billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group.
Five months after co-hosting their mother's 75th birthday bash, billionaire brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani have resumed their bitter battle.
The Reliance Fresh chain's grocery stores, a venture of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group, were stoned when they first opened.
Kumar realized that the railways had traditionally overpriced petroleum freight rates and quickly offered Ambani a 20% discount on his cost.
While wife Nita is seen more frequently at IPL matches, Ambani and other family members do show up now and then.
In early 2010, Mr. Ambani began coordinating with Mahendra Nahata, the backer of a small telecom firm, Infotel Broadband Services Ltd.
Because of the scale of Ambani's operations, McDonald notes, no politician dared to move against him when he bent the rules.
But it is also due to the fall in the market value of the Ambani brothers' firms over the past year.
On a balmy November night in Mumbai, Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita welcomed guests into their newly completed 27-story home.
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