Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Akash Ambani takes up reins of Jio Infocomm as part of succession plan

 

Mukesh Ambani has stepped down as the Chairman of Reliance Jio Info comm (RJI) and is replaced by his eldest son Akash Ambani. Mukesh Ambani will be the Chairman of Jio Platforms.

The flagship company that owns all Jio digital services brands, including the telecom unit RJI. The RJI board of directors, in meeting on Monday, noted the resignation of Mukesh D Ambani as Director of the Company which was effective on June 27.

Pankaj Pawar, who was instrumental in growing Reliance Retail Ventures, has been named Managing Director of RJI. Jio Platforms raised Rs 152,056 crore ($20 billion) from Facebook, Google and a clutch of private-equity investors in 2020. Reliance Jio Info comm, which launched commercial services in September 2016, had 410 million subscribers as of March 2022.

Operational revenue in FY 2022 was Rs 76,977 crore. Akash has been involved with the creation of the digital ecosystem around Jio’s 4G proposition, and the Jio phone in 2017.

He also led key acquisitions made by Jio in the digital space over the past few years, and has been involved with the development of new technologies and capabilities, the spokesperson added. 

Reliance Industries, the parent company, is India's most valuable private company with a market capitalisation of Rs 17.11 lakh-crore.

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