MUKESH AMBANI

I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand.

I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.

All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.

I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.

The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.

Any business whose sole purpose is making money is not worth doing. Business must serve a larger purpose.

Income inequality is the central problem all the way across the world.

In the journey of an entrepreneur, the most important thing is self-belief and the ability to convert that belief into reality.

If there are some losses that you take, then we're all big boys - we shouldn't be crying.

Why will I not give free service to my customers to get them used to mobile Internet, and to get every small town and village to use it? Everybody does promotions. In the internet world, free is normal.

I am a big believer that whatever has gone lies in the past. You should only learn from it, and you should only look at the present and the future. That's been my father's philosophy and mine as well.

Reliance has built a refinery-led energy business and a materials business. In the energy business, we give 2% of the world's petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel.

I have always believed that technology drives human civilization's endeavor and progress.

I am personally a big believer that technology is the biggest driver of human development, and if you can use technology to benefit people, then that's the best business you can have.

As long as you've got your courage of conviction, it works for you. I think that the same applies, too, even where you don't, because in today's world, financial resources are the least important. World has moved to the power of ideas.

Mobile internet will be the single-most defining technology of this century for human development.

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.

Our established businesses of hydrocarbons, energy, and petrochemicals pretty much run on their own, with their own proven leaders. This has helped me focus almost exclusively on two things: Firstly, new businesses. And secondly, institutionalising what I call the Reliance Management System.

For my father, life was uni-dimensional. Reliance was his life. Yet, some of my most vivid memories are about spending time with him. However busy he may have been, whatever the pressure, Sunday was for his wife and kids. I try to do the same with my family.

Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That's a risk that business people take.