Mukesh Ambani: Quotes about business

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“We were clear that we had to be internationally competitive and were passionate about building competencies that were the best in the world even when the tariffs were very high. It was an obsession with me to beat the Taiwanese and the Koreans who dominated the polyester business in the '70s.”

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani on how Reliance was built

World , Business , Passion

“We tried to create an open environment. In today's language, we created SOPs and SOCs (standard operating procedures, standard operating conditions) so that everybody was on the same page. We wanted an organisation where everybody contributes but the business is not dependent on a few individuals”

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani on how Reliance was built

Business , Dependency

“Then, we stumbled on human and plant biotech. We were fortunate to have some good people and decided that Reliance can build this business over 5-10 years without any great revenue pressures. In the mainstream business, there was telecom or what I call infocomm.”

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani on how Reliance was built

People , Business

“A third track running at that time, apart from academics and the fun stuff, was that my father shared with me his passion for business and entrepreneurship from very early on. Even when I was in high school, I used to spend long hours at office on weekends.”

Mukesh Ambani

Always invest in businesses of the future and in talent

School , Business , Passion , Time

“In the '80s, when I came in, the ground rules were made clear to me. 'Build this business from scratch, without taking anyone from Reliance.' That forced you to be very disciplined. I looked around and figured out in three months that this industry runs on heroes.”

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani on how Reliance was built

Business

“The first 200-odd people who built Patalganga with me are still around, running different businesses. It has gone into their psyche that we do things differently here. We have taken money from ordinary Indians and we are their trustees. When this is drilled into thousands of people, you automatically get performance.”

Mukesh Ambani

Always invest in businesses of the future and in talent

Money , People , Business

“When we started work on setting up a polyester filament yarn project, my chemical engineering and business school background helped me in organizing the work, creating reporting structures, motivating people… in all this, my father and Rasikbhai were two steps ahead of me.”

Mukesh Ambani

Always invest in businesses of the future and in talent

People , School , Motivation , Business

“I was very focussed on building various competencies in Reliance and we were not ready to do two things at the same time. It was a big risk for us to get into IT, especially because it was hugely effort-intensive. In my language, I said we have too much soap on our body and we need to take a bath in the chemicals business.”

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani on how Reliance was built

Business , Effort , Time