There is this famous tale-telling by Bill
Willingham of the very humble Prince Ambrose (as he was known in happier times)
facing a long and difficult road - one that will take him through the lands of
the dead and into the heart of the enemy's realm. Once there, this unassuming
and unlikely hero will face his greatest and most arduous test - and the future
of both Fabletown and the Homelands will turn on the outcome.
This tale pretty much sums up the story
of Anil & Tina Ambani’s two sons, Anmol and Anshul. They came, they
prospered, they saw the rocky road to the future ahead and now they continue to
work meticulously, putting together the blocks cohesively as they build their
way for the times to come ahead.
But what remains constant is
their humility, their grounded demeanour and their modesty even when they could
have chosen the convenient path of the limelight. After all, the limelight is
the forbidden fruit, the taste of which nobody wants to miss. More so, when
they have the other Ambanis as cousins – from lavish marriage ceremonies and
revelries inviting the who’s who of India and the world – ones who cannot but
hide their freshly minted monies.
But not all the mortals are
craving for that luscious taste of media’s attention. Anmol and Anshul, keeping
their reach to the media to a bare minimum, are a scarce phenomenon, especially
in the business universe. Unlike their father, who was always and still is
controversy’s favourite child, they continue to be media-shy scions, hardly
appearing in the news. It could be a conscious perhaps cautious upbringing of
Tina Ambani, who having seen the sheen and shimmer of the filmdom, knows a
thing or two about the double-edged sword of the media.
Knowing Anmol Ambani:
Anmol Ambani is the elder son of
Anil and Tina Ambani, born to them on 12th December 1991. He studied
in Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, till Class X and thereafter
completed his schooling from Seven Oaks School, United Kingdom. He completed
his undergraduate studies - B.Sc. in Management - from Warwick Business School,
United Kingdom.
The interesting thing about him
is, his brilliance with numbers coming from his diligent internship that he did
at the raw age of 18 years with Reliance Mutual Fund for 2 months. During this
assignment, he worked with the equity research department, learning the
practical aspects of financial statements, company and sector analysis and
portfolio creation.
Being a person who likes to keep
a low profile, people working closely with him term him as purely accommodative,
supportive and completely grounded. He always maintains an understated approach
in meetings and sporadically casts in a couple of sharp questions. As a matter
of fact, he comes across as a person who is more than receptive with opinions
from all quarters before he zeroes down on a decision.
Filling his grandfather’s and
father’s shoes is not the only challenge is that Anmol is faced with but then,
he’s being striding through the testing waters stupendously. His journey from
an Additional Director to an Executive Director was packed with numerous
ordeals.
He struck his first deal by
selling Reliance Group’s 60% stake in Codemasters, a British game developing
company for Rs. 1,700 crores. While the Group had acquired a 90% stake in
Codemasters, best known for its F1 series video games, for Rs. 100 crores, the
stake sale gave a return of over 25 times for the diversified enterprise.
And then came his deal with
Japan’s Nippon Asset Management. Owing to his rare quality of throwing in sharp
questions, he cracked his negotiations with Nippon in Reliance Life Insurance
and Reliance Capital Asset Management for increasing their stake by 49 percent.
For the times to come, he may steer the Reliance Group in his own acing
fashion.
Knowing Anshul Ambani:
Being the youngest son of Anil
Ambani and Tina Ambani, Anshul shares a fair part of Reliance Group’s ordeal
just like his brother. Born in 1996, he is barely 23 years old and already
follows his father around – learning the fine art of doing business in India.
He joined the management of the
Reliance Group in December 2018. After graduating from Stern School of
Business, New York University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management,
Anshul returned to India to work with the Reliance Group. He attended the
American School before that, where he completed his International Baccalaureate
(IB) programme in 2014.
Their induction to the Board of
Reliance Infra marks a critical point in the life of the Anil Ambani led
Reliance Group. The conglomerate has been under grave financial pressure and
the induction of Anmol Ambani and Anshul Ambani on the boards of the group will
lead it to remarkable levels of growth thus seeing extraordinary success.
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