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Name
Amancio Ortega
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Net worth
💰 $115.4B
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Born
March 28, 1936 (age 89) |
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Education
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Source
Zara
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Industry
fashion-retail
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Ortega first began his career manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963. He owns a 10% stake in Spanish telecoms firm Telxius and 5% of publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enag's.
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Name
Mukesh Ambani
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Net worth
💰 $94.4B
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Born
April 19, 1957 (age 68) |
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Education
Array, Array
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Source
Diversified
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Industry
Diversified
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During the Covid-19 lockdown, Ambani raised more than $20 billion selling a third of Jio to a string of investors, such as Facebook and Google. Reliance owns Network18, a licensee of Forbes Media. Ambani's U.S. educated daughter Isha's marriage to fellow billionaire Ajay Piramal's son in December 2018 drew 10,000 guests, including Hillary Clinton. Reliance Industries bought the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York for $98 million.