Estranged Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil have been jointly named among the world’s 50 most influential people in business, thanks to their rivalry that has goaded them to steer their respective businesses to new heights.
The Ambanis are ranked 31 ahead of the likes of global soft drink giant PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and music-to-airlines conglomerate Virgin Group’s founder Richard Branson in the second annual list of “The 50 Who Matter Now” published by Fortune group magazine ‘Business 2.0’.
The magazine noted that it was their bitter rivalry that was driving them to excellence in their respective businesses.
“These billionaire brothers from India are locked in a bitter intra-family rivalry, and each seems intent on leading the group of companies he inherited from their late father in a different direction,” Business 2.0 said on why they matter.
The magazine said about the list that these are the people who inspire, motivate and sometimes infuriate us, “but most of all, they are impossible to ignore.”