Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has featured in Foreign Policy magazine's 2019 annual list of the top '100 Global Thinkers'.
According to the magazine, Ambani, who displaced Jack Ma in 2018 as Asia's richest man is credited with accelerating a smartphone internet revolution in the world's largest democracy.
"With a fortune of $44.3 billion, Mukesh Ambani displaced Jack Ma in 2018 as Asia's richest man. Ambani's fortune comes from his holdings in the oil, gas, and retail sectors, but he's likely to make his biggest impact on India through his new telecom venture Jio," the magazine said on its website.
"By offering cellular data and voice free for the first six months after Jio's launch, ...