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Mukesh Ambani is one of India’s biggest business tycoons. The chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries is also India’s richest man. It is evident that Mukesh has worked hard to achieve his goals and gave Reliance Industries new heights. Dhirubhai Ambani’s elder son, Mukesh had been a studious kid since the beginning. However, what if we tell you that Mukesh left IIT Bombay after watching a film? He got so inspired by it that he wanted to pursue a completely different field from which he was already in.

Yes, you read that right! Despite being one of the brightest kids in the family, Mukesh took a call which left everyone shocked. Let us tell you that Mukesh Ambani had a keen interest in science and technology from the beginning. In an interview, the business tycoon himself revealed that after watching the film The Graduate, he developed a desire to pursue chemical engineering.

Mukesh was drawn to the discussion of polymers and plastics shown in the movie. To pursue the same field, Mukesh applied for the course in India as well as abroad. He was also selected for IIT Bombay. However, he left IIT and took admission in India’s top chemical engineering institute, University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT).

After completing his chemical engineering, Mukesh applied to various business schools and got selected for Stanford University.

“He pursued an MBA from Stanford University in the USA. He has been on the Board of Reliance since 1977. He initiated Reliance’s backward integration journey – from textiles to polyester fibres and further on to petrochemicals and petroleum refining, then going upstream into oil and gas exploration and production,” reads the official website of Reliance.

Soon after his MBA was completed, he came back to India in order to lend a hand to his father and build Reliance Industries.

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