Andy Mukherjee, Columnist

Mukesh Ambani, Don't Stop Now

It's not just Reliance that holds to that "growth is life" motto.
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India's richest tycoon is also the country's most optimistic spender. Not only does Mukesh Ambani claim to have written checks for $24 billion to start a fourth-generation mobile service, he's also expanding his petrochemicals business, planning to haul liquefied ethane from the U.S. to India, trying to convert coke into gas, and setting up an ethylene cracker that will be among the world's largest.

The problem is, he's very nearly done.