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One of the world’s richest men is launching Pret A Manger in India, adding the British coffee and sandwich store brand to a huge business empire that spans energy, retail and telecommunications. A unit of Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate Reliance Industries said on Thursday that it has entered into a “long-term master franchise partnership” with Pret […]
India’s Gautam Adani has overtaken his fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person in Asia, according to Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest people. The 59-year-old founder of Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports and aerospace to thermal energy and coal, and now has a net worth of $88.5 billion. Like other […]
Asia’s biggest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, has snapped up a controlling stake in the Mandarin Oriental in New York City for just over $98 million. Ambani’s conglomerate, Reliance Industries, announced Saturday the acquisition of the hotel’s parent company, a Cayman Islands-based firm controlled by the Investment Corporation of Dubai. That company indirectly holds a 73.4% stake […]
Asia’s richest person is set to launch 7-Eleven convenience stores across India. The retail arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries says it will open its first store in Mumbai on Saturday. The announcement of the franchise agreement comes just days after rival Indian retailer Future Group ended its deal with the US chain. The Texas-based […]
Reliance Industries on Saturday said it has agreed to acquire the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business of Future Group in a deal valued at $3.38 billion, including debt. Future Group’s business has been hit by a slowing economy and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance has recently […]
Reliance Industries on Friday announced the sale of a 2.32 per cent stake in its digital arm to US private equity giant KKR for Rs 11,367 crore, the fifth deal in four weeks that will inject a combined Rs 78,562 crore in the oil-to-telecom conglomerate to help it pare debt. This is KKR’s largest investment […]
Reliance Industries said on Monday that private equity firm Silver Lake will invest Rs 5,656 crore or $746.74 million in its digital arm, giving it a valuation of Rs 4.90 lakh crore. The transaction is subject to regulatory and other customary approvals. The deal comes days after Facebook announced an investment of Rs 43,574 crore […]
Reliance Industries’ net profit dropped 39 per cent to Rs 6,348 crore in March quarter on the back of slump in crude oil prices amid outbreak of COVID-19, the company said in exchange filing on Thursday. The company had reported profit of Rs 10,362 crore in the same quarter last year. Revenue of Mukesh Ambani-led […]
Facebook Inc has announced a $5.7 billion investment in India’s Reliance Industries Ltd’s telecom unit. The social media giant’s investment will translate to a 9.99 per cent equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis, Jio said in a statement. Facebook on Wednesday said it would focus on collaborating its messaging platform WhatsApp with […]
India’s top industrialist Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man, relinquishing the title to Jack Ma after oil prices collapsed along with global stocks. The rout, exacerbated by mounting fears that the spread of the novel coronavirus will thrust the world into a recession, erased $5.8 billion from Mr Ambani’s net worth on Monday […]
A 31-year-old CRPF personnel, posted outside the bungalow of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani in South Mumbai, died after shooting himself accidentally, officials said on Thursday. The CRPF personnel was identified as Devdan Bakotra who belonged to Junagadh in Gujarat. The incident took place around 7 pm on Wednesday at the Central Reserve Police Force’s […]
Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has launched its e-commerce venture called JioMart. Operated by Reliance Retail, which is the retail arm of RIL. Billionaire Ambani first hinted at the e-commerce venture by calling it “new commerce initiative” last year. The Mumbai-based company is projected to connect three crores offline retailers with over 20 […]