Andy Mukherjee, Columnist

For Billionaire Ambani, It’s All Hands on Deck

India’s wealthiest tycoon is caught in a sudden geopolitical storm. Family and friends will have to help him steer the ship.

September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM UTC

By Andy Mukherjee

Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies and financial services in Asia. Previously, he worked for Reuters, the Straits Times and Bloomberg News.

Akash Ambani, Nita Ambani, and Mukesh Ambani — all hands on deck. — Akash Ambani, Nita Ambani, and Mukesh Ambani — all hands on deck.
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

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Asia’s richest tycoon has summoned all hands on deck to help him steer his $250 billion empire through the biggest geopolitical storm of its five decades as a public company.

Friends and family answered Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s call. The chief executives of Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund showed up at Reliance Industries Ltd.‘s virtual annual general meeting last Friday, together with the man himself, his wife, and three children.