Dhirubhai Ambani was an Indian business magnate who founded Reliance Industries. He was born in 1932 in Gujarat and showed early entrepreneurial spirit as a teenager working in Yemen. In the 1960s he started a textiles business in India and later diversified into petrochemicals and telecommunications. Under his leadership, Reliance Industries grew into a multi-billion dollar conglomerate. Ambani passed away in 2002 at the age of 70 while still serving as chairman of Reliance. He is credited with starting the equity culture in India and inspiring thousands of small investors.