01602nam a22002177a 4500 20220504102429.0 220504b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 1864484683 AL English 23 338.092 MCDP Hamish McDonald 33106 Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani Australia Allen and Unwin 1998 xxi,273 p. PB 21x14 cm. Dhirubhai Ambani's life is a rags-to-riches story, from Bombay's crowded pavements and bazaars to the city's extravagantly wealthy social circles where business tycoons, stockmarket speculators, smugglers, politicians and Hindi film stars mingle, make money, make and break marriages and carry out prolonged feuds-sometimes violent, often histrionic. Until the arrival of Ambani, India's big business scene was dominated by a few industrial houses from British times. In just 26 years since its foundation, Ambani's Reliance group has risen to rival these houses. By 1995 the group had 2.6 million investors. Along with the dramatic expansion of the Reliance Group have come intricate political connections, a whole raft of corruption charges and a rollercoaster of booms and crashes for Ambani and his company. This study shows how capitalism emerges by fair means and foul in the new industrial countries of the Third World, and is one of very few studies of Asian or Third World tycoons. Ambani Dhirubhai 33107 Businessmen India Biography 33108 MCDONALD (Hamish) 33109 ddc GF 222756 222756 0 0 ddc 0 0 ECO AL AL 2013-03-24 1 338.092 MCDP GF02028 2024-10-19 00:00:00 2024-10-08 2022-05-04 GF