Reliance Industries grew from Dhirubhai Ambani's 1958 trading firm by repeatedly moving into bigger businesses: textiles in 1966, polyester in the 1980s, refin…
After returning from Aden, Dhirubhai Ambani set up Reliance Commercial Corporation, trading yarn and spices from a small Mumbai office.
A synthetic textile mill at Naroda. Its Vimal fabrics, sold through franchised shops, made Reliance a household name.
Reliance Textile Industries' issue was oversubscribed seven times. Reliance says it brought small investors across India into the stock market.
Reliance began making its own polyester yarn at Patalganga, then petrochemicals at Hazira in 1991, so each plant supplied the one before.
Reliance calls it the world's largest grassroots refinery. With a second refinery added in 2008, it is the largest refining complex at one site.
Dhirubhai Ambani died in July. Reliance found gas in the KG-D6 block and launched Reliance India Mobile in December.
Mukesh kept Reliance Industries. Telecom, power, financial services and natural resources went to Anil as separate companies.
The first Reliance Fresh opened in Hyderabad. By March 2026 Reliance Retail had 20,160 stores and 387 million registered customers.
A data-first 4G network with months of free service. Jio hit 100 million users in about 170 days and made mobile data cheap across India.
Facebook, Google and 11 other investors bought stakes in Jio Platforms, plus a ₹53,124 crore rights issue. Reliance declared itself net debt free.
Solar, battery, electrolyser and fuel-cell factories at Jamnagar, a 100 GW renewables target for 2030 and net zero by 2035.
Jio Financial Services was demerged and listed in August. Isha, Akash and Anant Ambani were named to the Reliance board.
Viacom18 and Star India merged in a ₹70,352 crore venture controlled by Reliance, with Disney as partner.
FY26 revenue ₹11.76 lakh crore, 524 million Jio users. Jio filed for its IPO in June and SEBI cleared it on 28 August.
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