Gujarati titan of Indian industry, described as Asia's richest man. His conglomerate, Reliance, is India's biggest, running everything from ports to telecoms. One of the four most powerful men in India, alongside Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Gautam Adani. In 2023 he paid $111m for a cricket team in India's nascent Women's Premier League. Jio, his telecoms behemoth, is expected to list in 2026. Aged 69, he took over Reliance in 2002 after his father Dhirubhai's sudden death. His later feud with his brother Anil split the empire in two; Anil's half has floundered. In 2023 Mukesh handed each of his children a domain: Akash got telecoms, Isha retail and Anant renewable energy. His distinctive playbook is to spend lavishly to build first-rate infrastructure, subsidise costs to acquire customers and sit on losses while rivals bleed.
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.