Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
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Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (usually referred as Reliance Group) is one of India's largest conglomerate
s, headquartered in Navi Mumbai
, India. The company, which was formed after Dhirubhai Ambani
's business empire was divided up, is headed by his younger son Anil Ambani
. It has a market capitalization
of US$ 15 billion, net assets US$ 7 billion. The ADAG Reliance Group has a business presence that extends to over 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakhs (450,000) villages in India, and across the globe. The shareholder base is over 12 million, among the largest in the world. The group is present in many sectors including Telecom, Capital, Power, Infrastructure, Entertainment and Health.
in 1966 as a polyester firm. Dhirubhai started the equity cult in India. Reliance later entered into financial services, petroleum refining, power sector. By 2002 Reliance had grown into a $15 billion conglomerate. After the death of Dhirubhai Ambani on July 6, 2002, Reliance was headed by his sons. The group was formed after the two feuding brothers Mukesh Ambani
and Anil Ambani
, split Reliance Industries
. Anil Ambani got the responsibility of Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Energy, Reliance Capital and RNRL. This led to a new beginning called RELIANCE. Later this group entered the power sector through Reliance Power, and the entertainment sector by acquiring Adlabs.
. As of 2010, he is the fourth richest Indian with a personal wealth of $13.7 billion, behind Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal and Azim Premji.[3]
He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
. He is also the member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
. In March 2006, he resigned. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar. He was also the Member Of Parliament in Rajya Sabha
.
Reliance Communication (R Com) is the second largest Telecom company in India in terms of customers. The Company has a customer base of 125 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers. It ranks among the Top 5 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers. A pan-India network, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages has been established by Reliance Communications. Reliance Communications owns and operates the next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure comprising over 190,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
Reliance Globalcom serves over 2,100 enterprises, 200 carriers and 2.5 million retail customers in 163 countries across 6 continents.
Reliance Communication has acquired 3G license in 13 circles out of total 22 circles. Reliance has launched 3G services in 9 circles by 26 January 2011.
Reliance Capital (Rel Cap) has interests in asset management and mutual funds, life and general insurance, private equity and proprietary investments, stock broking, depository services, distribution of financial products, consumer finance and other activities in financial services.
Reliance Mutual Fund is India's largest mutual fund. Reliance General Insurance is a general insurance company and among the top 3 private sector insurers. Reliance Money is brokerage and distributor of financial products in India with over 2.7 million customers and has the largest distribution network. Its brokerage, arm Reliance Securities is planning to invest Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) for upgrading infrastructure, hiring staff and enhancing the capability of its online trading platform..
In March, 2011 Nippon Life Insurance, Japan's biggest life assurer by assets, agreed to buy a 26 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance for Rs3,062 cr.
Reliance Power (R Power) currently has a generation capacity of 1200MW. The company is in the process of achieving 5000MW by 2012, 17000MW by 2015 and 35000MW by 2020. The company is present in all verticals from generation to transmission to distribution. The company is having pan India projects and is currently having a big presence in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh. The United Nations registered Reliance Power’s Sasan power project on Feb 2, 2011 to earn as many as 22.5 million credits in the next 10 years.
Reliance Infrastructure (R Infra) has emerged as the largest concessionaire of NHAI with 11 road projects totaling 1,000 km worth about Rs 120bn (US$ 2.6 billion) with more than 10,000 people working at various sites. Constructing Metro systems in Delhi
and Mumbai
totaling more than 75km of track. Reliance Infrastructure is also bidding for projects in Nepal
and Maldives
.
BIG FM 92.7 is a leading network of FM Radio stations with FM stations in more than 50 Indian cities.
. It also plans to venture into diversified fields like Insurance Administration, Health care Delivery and Integrated Health, Health Informatics and Information Management and Consumer Health.
MINOR Stakes
Failed deals
and Sonu Nigam
for Big 92.7 FM. Earlier Virender Sehwag
use to be the brand ambassador of Reliance Communication then known as Reliance Infocom. Reliance Mobile is also the main sponsor of ICC
Cricket World Cup
and ICC
World Twenty20 Cricket tournaments.
to supply power equipment based on supercritical technology.
Reliance Infrastructure is the first private company in India to construct a rail project (Delhi Airport Metro Express) on PPP basis, the project became operational on February, 2011.
Reliance power has become the first Indian company to earn Carbon credits, United Nations
registered Reliance Power’s Sasan power project to earn as many as 22.5 million credits in the next 10 years, the UN Clean Development Mechanism, the world’s second- biggest greenhouse gas market issues tradable credits to emission-busting projects in developing countries.
Reliance Infrastructure’s Dahanu Thermal Power Station (DTPS). The 500 MW project, around 100km north of Mumbai, has emerged the only power plant in the world to win a certification -— ISO 50001:2011 — for energy management systems and endeavours in the field of energy use and environment conservation.
Reliance Communication was the first company in India to issue bills in braille
for visually impaired customers.
is India’s largest cinema chain with over 516 screens spread across India, US, Malaysia and Netherlands and caters to over 35 million viewers.
BIG Cinema has a pan USA footprint with over 205 screens present across 24 cities, In Malaysia with 72 screens that play Hollywood features besides Chinese and Tamil films that cater to the 1.5 million Tamil populations. In 2009, BIG Cinemas established a presence in Netherlands
by associating with Pathe Theatres across 3 cities to begin screening Indian movies. It also set up Nepal
’s first Multiplex in Kathmandu.
BIG FM 92.7 is operating radio station in Singapore
and Bhutan
. Reliance Power is having coal mines in Indonesia
. Reliance has also made major acquisitions in UK and USA.
Reliance is the main sponsor of Cricket
Tournaments. Reliance sponserd the cricket world cup Reliance World Cup in 1987 and
1996.
Reliance Mobile is the main sponsor of ICC
Cricket World Cup
and ICC
World Twenty20 Cricket tournaments.
Reliance sponsored the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup
held in India
, Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh
. Reliance Capital, has tied up with the International Cricket Council and a global non-profit organisation, room to read, to promote literacy and gender equality in education by contributing Rs.25,000 for every six hit during the World Cup. The initiative is named Boundaries For Books.
Reliance Mobile also sponsored the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 held in West Indies and ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Reliance Group was in race in 2010 to sponsor the Indian national cricket team but lost to Sahara India Pariwar
. Reliance Group also bid for Indian Premier League
for Mumbai Team but missed by a small amount.
The Reliance ICC Player Rankings are the official guide to the relative merits of batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders in Test match and ODI cricket.
The Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings provide an opportunity to showcase the leading stars in the women’s international game.
With an aim to provide focused studies and research in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Reliance Group announced the setting up of the Dhirubhai Ambani University (DAU). The DAU will be soon set up in 110 acres of land and the Reliance Group has earmarked Rs.100 crore for developing higher education in Madhya Pradesh, a company release said. The Government of Madhya Pradesh
has issued a letter of intent and also provided land for the proposed varsity. The University will provide focused studies and research in ICT and also focus on niche programmes relevant to the economic development of the state. The DAU will offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with emphasis on research activities in ICT and allied areas.
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
s, headquartered in Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai...
, India. The company, which was formed after Dhirubhai Ambani
Dhirubhai Ambani
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
's business empire was divided up, is headed by his younger son Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian-Gujarati business baron and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is worth more than 29 billion dollars, and owns another company called Reliance Industries...
. It has a market capitalization
Market capitalization
Market capitalization is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company...
of US$ 15 billion, net assets US$ 7 billion. The ADAG Reliance Group has a business presence that extends to over 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakhs (450,000) villages in India, and across the globe. The shareholder base is over 12 million, among the largest in the world. The group is present in many sectors including Telecom, Capital, Power, Infrastructure, Entertainment and Health.
History
Reliance group was founded by Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai Ambani
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
in 1966 as a polyester firm. Dhirubhai started the equity cult in India. Reliance later entered into financial services, petroleum refining, power sector. By 2002 Reliance had grown into a $15 billion conglomerate. After the death of Dhirubhai Ambani on July 6, 2002, Reliance was headed by his sons. The group was formed after the two feuding brothers Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate. He is the chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India listed in Fortune 500 magazine. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%...
and Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian-Gujarati business baron and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is worth more than 29 billion dollars, and owns another company called Reliance Industries...
, split Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...
. Anil Ambani got the responsibility of Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Energy, Reliance Capital and RNRL. This led to a new beginning called RELIANCE. Later this group entered the power sector through Reliance Power, and the entertainment sector by acquiring Adlabs.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Anil Ambani (born 4 June, 1959) is an Indian business baron and chairman of Reliance Group. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is also worth more than 29 billion dollars, and owns another company called Reliance IndustriesReliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...
. As of 2010, he is the fourth richest Indian with a personal wealth of $13.7 billion, behind Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal and Azim Premji.[3]
He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
. He is also the member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a Central deemed University located in Uttar Pradesh, about 15 km north-west of the city of Kanpur in the Kalyanpur suburb....
; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission , a key regulator of power sector in India, is a statutory body functioning with quasi-judicial status under sec - 76 of the Electricity Act 2003...
. In March 2006, he resigned. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar. He was also the Member Of Parliament in Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
.
Communications
- Reliance Globalcom
- Reliance Infratel
- VancoVancoVanco Group Limited is a British telecommunications company. It is a Virtual Network Operator, owning no network infrastructure itself, but providing management services and reselling network from other telecommunications suppliers...
- Reliance WorldReliance WorldReliance World is a chain of retail outlets in India. Managed by Reliance Webstore Ltd. . Reliance World offers information, communication, entertainment and utility services....
- Reliance Globalcall
- Reliance Icall
- Reliance Digicom
- Reliance BPO
- IPTV
Reliance Communication (R Com) is the second largest Telecom company in India in terms of customers. The Company has a customer base of 125 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers. It ranks among the Top 5 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers. A pan-India network, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages has been established by Reliance Communications. Reliance Communications owns and operates the next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure comprising over 190,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
Reliance Globalcom serves over 2,100 enterprises, 200 carriers and 2.5 million retail customers in 163 countries across 6 continents.
Reliance Communication has acquired 3G license in 13 circles out of total 22 circles. Reliance has launched 3G services in 9 circles by 26 January 2011.
Capital
- Reliance Life Insurance
- Reliance General InsuranceReliance General InsuranceReliance General Insurance Company Limited is an Indian insurance company, a part of Reliance Capital Ltd. of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group...
- Reliance VentureReliance VentureReliance Venture is a corporate venture capital company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has been promoted by the Reliance ADA Group. It has advised and invested in deals to the tune of over $4 billion in various companies...
- Reliance Mutual Fund
- Reliance Money
- Reliance Securities
- Reliance Consumer Finance
- Reliance Venture Capitalist
- Reliance Asset Reconstruction
- Reliance PMS
- ICEX - Stock exchange
Reliance Capital (Rel Cap) has interests in asset management and mutual funds, life and general insurance, private equity and proprietary investments, stock broking, depository services, distribution of financial products, consumer finance and other activities in financial services.
Reliance Mutual Fund is India's largest mutual fund. Reliance General Insurance is a general insurance company and among the top 3 private sector insurers. Reliance Money is brokerage and distributor of financial products in India with over 2.7 million customers and has the largest distribution network. Its brokerage, arm Reliance Securities is planning to invest Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) for upgrading infrastructure, hiring staff and enhancing the capability of its online trading platform..
In March, 2011 Nippon Life Insurance, Japan's biggest life assurer by assets, agreed to buy a 26 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance for Rs3,062 cr.
Power
- Reliance Natural Resources LimitedReliance Natural Resources LimitedReliance Natural Resources Limited is an Indian energy company involved in sourcing, supply and transportation of gas, coal and liquid fuels. The company was incorporated on 24 March 2000 and went public on 25 July 2005. It is a part of It is a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group....
(RNRL) - Reliance Coal Resources
- Tilaya UMPP - 4000MW
- Krishanapatnam UMPP - 4000MW - scrapped
- Sasan UMPP - 4000MW
- Dadri power plant - 8000MW - scrapped
- Chitrangi power project - 4000MW
- Rosa Power Project - 1200MW
- Butibori power Project, NagpurNagpurNāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
- 600MW - Samalkot Power Project - 2500MW
- Wind PowerWind powerWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....
- 400MW - Solar PowerSolar powerSolar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...
- 500MW - HydropowerHydropowerHydropower, hydraulic power, hydrokinetic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of falling water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes. Since ancient times, hydropower has been used for irrigation and the operation of various mechanical devices, such as...
- 2500MW
Distribution
- BSES Delhi
- BSES Rajdhani
- BSES Yamuna
- Reliance Power Mumbai
Reliance Power (R Power) currently has a generation capacity of 1200MW. The company is in the process of achieving 5000MW by 2012, 17000MW by 2015 and 35000MW by 2020. The company is present in all verticals from generation to transmission to distribution. The company is having pan India projects and is currently having a big presence in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh. The United Nations registered Reliance Power’s Sasan power project on Feb 2, 2011 to earn as many as 22.5 million credits in the next 10 years.
Infrastructure
- Mumbai MetroMumbai MetroThe Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system being built in Mumbai, India's largest city. The system is designed to reduce the rapidly-growing city's congestion problems, and will be built in three phases over a 15-year period, with overall completion expected in 2021...
---- Line1 - 12km & Line2 - 40km - Delhi Airport Metro Express ---- Orange Line - 23km
- Reliance Sealink pvt ltd ---- 2 Sealinks
- Reliance Road projects ---- 11 Road Projects - 1000km
- Reliance Airports pvt Ltd ---- 5 Airports
- Reliance SEZ ---- Navi Mumbai & Kolkata
- Reliance Power Transmission Pvt Ltd
Reliance Infrastructure (R Infra) has emerged as the largest concessionaire of NHAI with 11 road projects totaling 1,000 km worth about Rs 120bn (US$ 2.6 billion) with more than 10,000 people working at various sites. Constructing Metro systems in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
totaling more than 75km of track. Reliance Infrastructure is also bidding for projects in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
and Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
.
Reliance BIG Entertainment
Big Cinema is India’s largest cinema chain with over 516 screens spread across India, US, Malaysia and Netherlands and caters to over 35 million consumers. BIG Cinemas has established leadership in film exhibition in India with 253 screens and accounts for 10 to 15% of box office contributions of large movies.BIG FM 92.7 is a leading network of FM Radio stations with FM stations in more than 50 Indian cities.
Reliance Health
Reliance Health is providing integrated health services through one of the finest hospitals in Asia – The Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital at Andheri, MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. It also plans to venture into diversified fields like Insurance Administration, Health care Delivery and Integrated Health, Health Informatics and Information Management and Consumer Health.
Other business
- Reliance Technology Ventures
- Reliance Cement
- Reliance Aviation Tour & Travels
- Mudra Communication (49% stake, rest 51% sold to Omnicom GroupOmnicom GroupOmnicom Group is a holding company whose agencies provide marketing and communications services in the disciplines of advertising, customer relationship management , strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and...
) - Java GreenJava GreenJava Green is a café chain from Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group - India. Spread nationwide in Reliance World and many shopping malls in important cities, where it serves coffee in many varieties ....
- A cafe chain with more than 100 outlets. - DTDC Couriers & Logistics
- Yatra.com
Major acquisitions
MAJOR Acquisitions- May 2000 - BSES---------------------------------------------- Reliance Energy(Infrastructure)
- Oct 2003 - FLAG TelecomFlag TelecomReliance Globalcom is a division of Reliance Communications, an Indian integrated telecommunications service provider. Reliance Globalcom provides global managed network solutions and services, and has network management capability in partnership with carrier partners...
, 207Mn$------------------------- Reliance Communication - July 2005 - Metro Adlabs (51% stake), 74Mn$---------------- Reliance Big Entertainment
- Nov 2006 - Travelmate services (100% stake)------------------Reliance Capital
- July 2007 - Yipes Services USA, 300Mn$-------------------- Reliance Communication
- July 2007 - Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB) (9.9% stake)------- Reliance Communication
- Dec 2007 - ND Studio (50% stake), 35Mn$-------------------- Reliance Big Entertainment
- Apr 2008 - Lowry Digital USA, 7.5Mn$-------------------- Reliance Big Entertainment
- Apr 2008 - eWaveWorldUK (90% stake)--------------------------Reliance Globalcom
- May 2008 - VancoVancoVanco Group Limited is a British telecommunications company. It is a Virtual Network Operator, owning no network infrastructure itself, but providing management services and reselling network from other telecommunications suppliers...
------------------------------------------Reliance Globalcom - Sept 2008 - Wall street finance (36% stake)------------------Reliance MoneyExpress
- Mar 2009 - Synergy--------------------------------------------Reliance Mediaworks
- Nov 2009 - Quant Capital -------------------------------------Reliance Capital
- Jan 2010 - Ilab UK Ltd.---------------------------------------Reliance Mediaworks
- Apr 2010 - CodemastersCodemastersThe Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...
UK (50% stake)--------------------Zapak - July 2010 - Digicable ----------------------------------------Reliance Big Entertainment
- Jan 2011 - Imagine Showbiz------------------------------------Reliance BIG Entertainment
- Oct 2011 - Annapurna Studios----------------------------------Reliance BIG Entertainment
MINOR Stakes
- Sept 2010 - Kerala Airport (15% stake), 47Mn$---------------------Reliance Infrastructure
- Sept 2010 - Trent (9% stake), 4.5Mn$-----------------------------Reliance Capital
- Aug 2010 - ICEX (26% stake)-------------------------------------- Reliance Capital
- Apr 2010 - Pathway world (minor stake)----------------------------Reliance Equity
- June 2010 - UTV Bloomberg (18% stake)------------------------------Reliance Capital
- May 2010 - Fame Cinema (47.5% stake)--------------------------------Reliance Mediaworks
- Sept 2010 - Trinethra Infra (5% stake)----------------------------Reliance Capital
- May 2007 - Network18 group (10% stake)----------------------------Reliance Capital
- May 2007 - TV Today group (14.02% stake)--------------------------Reliance Capital
- Oct 2008 - Hong Kong Mercantile (15% stake)-----------------------Reliance Capital
Failed deals
- Mar 2007 - Reliance - Air DeccanAir DeccanKingfisher Red, known formerly as Simplifly Deccan and prior to that as Air Deccan, is a low-cost brand run by Kingfisher Airlines. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India....
- June 2008 - Reliance Communication - MTNMTNMTN may refer to:* MTN Group, a major South Africa-based mobile telephone network operator active in many African and Middle Eastern countries* Maritime Telecommunications Network, a mobile phone network that operates on sea vessels like cruise liners...
- Aug 2008 - New Castle EPL club
- Sept 2008 - BIG Entertainment - MGM
- Sept 2010 - Reliance Infratel - GTL
Major joint ventures
- RBNL - CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
- NIS Sparta
- Reliance - DreamWorksDreamWorksDreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
- CodemastersCodemastersThe Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...
- A British video gaming company. - Reliance Infra - IRB Infra
- BIG Entetainment - BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Logo
The RELIANCE logo was launched in 2006 by group brand ambassador Amitabh Bachan. The Reliance Apex conveys the urge for progress. Blue represents stability and Red represents dynamism. Other brand ambassadors of companies are Hritik Roshan for Reliance Communication, Abhishek BachchanAbhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....
and Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
for Big 92.7 FM. Earlier Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
use to be the brand ambassador of Reliance Communication then known as Reliance Infocom. Reliance Mobile is also the main sponsor of ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
Cricket World Cup
Cricket World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
and ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
World Twenty20 Cricket tournaments.
General Facts
Group company Reliance Globalcom is the world's largest sealink cables company with more than 1,50,000 km of sea cables. Reliance Mutual Fund is India's largest mutual fund company with assets of more than 110,000 crore rupees. Reliance Mediaworld operates the world's largest dome theater, IMAX, in Mumbai. Reliance power has placed World's largest order worth $8.29 billion to Shanghai Electric GroupShanghai Electric Group
Shanghai Electric is a multinational power generation and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Shanghai, China...
to supply power equipment based on supercritical technology.
Reliance Infrastructure is the first private company in India to construct a rail project (Delhi Airport Metro Express) on PPP basis, the project became operational on February, 2011.
Reliance power has become the first Indian company to earn Carbon credits, United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
registered Reliance Power’s Sasan power project to earn as many as 22.5 million credits in the next 10 years, the UN Clean Development Mechanism, the world’s second- biggest greenhouse gas market issues tradable credits to emission-busting projects in developing countries.
Reliance Infrastructure’s Dahanu Thermal Power Station (DTPS). The 500 MW project, around 100km north of Mumbai, has emerged the only power plant in the world to win a certification -— ISO 50001:2011 — for energy management systems and endeavours in the field of energy use and environment conservation.
Reliance Communication was the first company in India to issue bills in braille
Braille
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
for visually impaired customers.
Global Presence
Group company BIG CinemasBIG Cinemas
BIG Cinemas, a division of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd and a member of Reliance ADA Group is India’s largest cinema chain with over 515 screens spread across India, US, Malaysia and Netherlands and caters to over 40 million consumers.BIG Cinemas has established leadership in film exhibition in India...
is India’s largest cinema chain with over 516 screens spread across India, US, Malaysia and Netherlands and caters to over 35 million viewers.
BIG Cinema has a pan USA footprint with over 205 screens present across 24 cities, In Malaysia with 72 screens that play Hollywood features besides Chinese and Tamil films that cater to the 1.5 million Tamil populations. In 2009, BIG Cinemas established a presence in Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
by associating with Pathe Theatres across 3 cities to begin screening Indian movies. It also set up Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
’s first Multiplex in Kathmandu.
BIG FM 92.7 is operating radio station in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. Reliance Power is having coal mines in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Reliance has also made major acquisitions in UK and USA.
Corporate sponsorship
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Tournaments. Reliance sponserd the cricket world cup Reliance World Cup in 1987 and
1996.
Reliance Mobile is the main sponsor of ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
Cricket World Cup
Cricket World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
and ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
World Twenty20 Cricket tournaments.
- 2011 Cricket World Cup
Reliance sponsored the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup
2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...
held in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. Reliance Capital, has tied up with the International Cricket Council and a global non-profit organisation, room to read, to promote literacy and gender equality in education by contributing Rs.25,000 for every six hit during the World Cup. The initiative is named Boundaries For Books.
- ICC World Twenty20
Reliance Mobile also sponsored the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 held in West Indies and ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Reliance Group was in race in 2010 to sponsor the Indian national cricket team but lost to Sahara India Pariwar
Sahara India Pariwar
Sahara India Pariwar is an Indian multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include financial services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city development, real estate activities, print and television media, film production, sports, information technology,...
. Reliance Group also bid for Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
for Mumbai Team but missed by a small amount.
- Reliance ICC Player Rankings
The Reliance ICC Player Rankings are the official guide to the relative merits of batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders in Test match and ODI cricket.
The Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings provide an opportunity to showcase the leading stars in the women’s international game.
Philanthropy and Nation Building
Education
- Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology DA-IICT - Gujarat.
- Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology DA-IICT - KolkataKolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
. (Under Construction).
- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Nursing College (KDA-NC) - MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
.
- BIG Animation Infotainment & Media School (BIG AIMS) - PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
.
- Dhirubhai Ambani University (DAU) - Bhopal (Under Construction).
With an aim to provide focused studies and research in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Reliance Group announced the setting up of the Dhirubhai Ambani University (DAU). The DAU will be soon set up in 110 acres of land and the Reliance Group has earmarked Rs.100 crore for developing higher education in Madhya Pradesh, a company release said. The Government of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
has issued a letter of intent and also provided land for the proposed varsity. The University will provide focused studies and research in ICT and also focus on niche programmes relevant to the economic development of the state. The DAU will offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with emphasis on research activities in ICT and allied areas.
Hospitals
- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute - MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
- Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Lodhivali, Raigad districtRaigad districtRaigad District , also known as Raigarh District, is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Konkan region. The district was renamed after Raigad, the fort which was the former capital of the Maratha leader Shivaji, and is located in the interior regions of the district,...