Chapter 843: India (2)
The founder of the Reliance Group was Drubhai Hellachand Ambani, but he died of a stroke in 2002. Leaving the conglomerate, which accounts for 3% of India's GDP, to his two sons, the family initially wanted to learn from Tata to keep the family united and the property indivisible. Unfortunately, times are different, and Drubai gave up his rights prematurely (he suffered a stroke in 1986, and the specific management rights were given to his sons Mukesh and Anil), and finally did not achieve this goal.
The two successors of the Reliance Group have different philosophies, and Mukesh's philosophy is to rely on the national spirit to promote the progress of the enterprise, that is, he does not want the Reliance Group to have anything to do with politics. In his view, the development of enterprises can be hindered by different forms of politics. Anil, on the other hand, has a very strong public stance and is committed to increasing his visibility among the public. The difference between the two people can barely be said to be one introvert and the other extrovert. In the end, after a struggle, the Reliance Group broke up.
In June 2005, Drubai's wife, Koziraben, announced that the 34 per cent ownership of Reliance would be divided at a 30:30:40 ratio, with Mukesh and Anil each receiving 30 per cent, she retaining 30 per cent personally, and the remaining 10 per cent being shared between Drubai's two daughters, Nina and Dipti. Under the plan, Mukesh would take control of the company's oil, gas, chemicals and textiles businesses, while Anil would take control of the group's telecommunications, energy distribution and financial services businesses. Mukesh and Anil each swapped their shares in each other's companies, and Anil received an additional $1 billion in cash.
In 2008, Mukesh and Anil ranked 5th ~ 6th in the Forbes Global Rich Edition with a net worth of 43 billion and 42 billion US dollars respectively, far surpassing Zhou Shi at that time. However, in this year's Forbes Global Rich Edition, Zhou Shi is still ranked 6th, and only Mukesh, the two heirs of Reliance Group, is ranked 40th, with a net worth of $18.6 billion.
This time, Zhou Shi was invited to the meeting by Mukesh, the richest man in India.
"Nice to meet you!" Mukesh
"Me too, the legend of the Reliance Group fascinates me!" Zhou Shi
"Haha, your story is nothing short of myths and legends!" Mukesh
Although it was a commercial blow, Zhou Shi was still very happy to hear it, and voted for me to repay Qiong Yao with a peach, and then ......
"I want to take over the Miramax stake in the Tata Group?" Mukesh said bluntly about his purpose after a polite exchange between the two of them for a while.
"Okay, I'm welcome!" Zhou Shi agreed without hesitation.
"Don't think about it?" Mukesh
"There's nothing to think about, I can't think of anyone more daring in India than you!"
Zhou Shi This is not a polite remark, although Tata is strong, but the problem of infighting has too much impact, Land Rover and Jaguar cars are also because of their infighting, well, because their infighting is worse, "American Consumer Reports" shows that the quality of these two cars is at the bottom, and it is a little better than Sanlengshi and Fiat. The American J. quality ranking also shows that their quality is not good, and of course Volvo's quality seems to be not much different from them.
Mukesh's strength also comes from the jio telecom company he will set up in the future, the development of this company is simply, how to say, luckin coffee in China is similar to JIo telecommunications, using funds to smash customers. In just two years or so, more than 30 billion US dollars were invested, and then the mobile communication business harvested 300 million users from scratch, including enough rural users, which greatly popularized India's mobile Internet.
"Then it's decided, did you go to New Delhi this time at Modi's invitation?" Mukesh suddenly asked Zhou Shi
"......" Zhou Shi smiled silently
"I've heard you explain to Modi a concept of digital India!" Mukesh
"???" When Zhou Shi heard this, he immediately became serious
"Your India's secrecy is so bad?" Zhou Shi, his meeting with Mo Di is not a secret, but not many people know what he said.
"Simon doesn't need to worry, there was a lot of such information in Modi's election, and he revealed a little bit in his communication with us, so it's not hard to guess. "Mukesh
"Yes, India's problems are complex, and I don't think there's anything more appropriate for India than digitalization. "Zhou Shi
"It's a good idea, not necessarily the best. "Mukesh
"What's the best solution? Even digital India has a lot of difficulties, and I don't see any hope of success right now. "Zhou Shi
"Why?" Mukesh
"Your network infrastructure and user penetration are not enough!" Zhou Shi
"Oh, that's a real problem!" Mukesh
"Is this really a problem?" Zhou Shi asked rhetorically
"Well, you're right. Can we have an opportunity to work together? on the road to digitalization of India. "Mukesh
"If you're going to drive India's digitalization process, can I get involved?"
"Why do you say that?" said Mukesh, as if relieved
"I want to change the world, but I don't want to be a hero of the world, and if no one stands up in a big country like India, why should I pay? The limit of what I can do is to focus more on long-term benefits and social responsibility than short-term gains. "Zhou Shi
"It's been a long time since I've heard anything like this, and it's up to us to do things in India. "Mukesh
"You have so many outstanding elites, and I believe that in the future world, India will definitely be able to become an important factor in influencing the world. "Zhou Shi
"Simon seems to have a crush on India!" said Mukesh
"The Indian elite in Silicon Valley made me curious about this big country next to China, so I learned a lot, and even for this big market of 1.3 billion people, I would like India. "Zhou Shi
"......" Mukesh didn't expect Zhou Shi to answer like this
"Is there anything you need help with in your development in India?" said Mukesh
"There were so many that I didn't know how to speak. Of course, the main reason is that the Indian market is too imperfect, and it seems that you can gain a lot from any angle, but I doubt that I can really understand this special market, so I have not made up my mind. "Zhou Shi
"I hope you'll be able to make up your mind this time!" Mukesh
"Hopefully!" Zhou Shi
"When are you leaving for New Delhi?" said Mukesh
"Tomorrow!" Zhou Shi
"I heard that bin Laden Tata has arranged for you to be escorted?" Mukesh
"There is such a person. Zhou Shi smiled awkwardly, why is it not a secret at all, everything he does in India is known.
"I can do what he can do, and I hope I can help you. "Mukesh
"???" Zhou Shi was confused