Nita M. Ambani – Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation

Nita Ambani is an educationist, philanthropist, businesswoman, patron of arts and sports, and champion of women and children’s rights. Through various initiatives of Reliance Foundation, of which she is founder and chair, she seeks to empower millions of Indians with resources and opportunities. On International Women’s Day 2021, she launched an inclusive and collaborative digital movement for women called Her Circle.

She is the owner of Mumbai Indians, the most successful cricket team in the Indian Premier League, the founder chairperson of Football Sports Development Limited, which launched the Indian Super League, and the head of the Education and Sports for All initiative for children.

Through Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai, she is committed to making affordable world-class medical care available to all Indians. She is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee, and the first Indian to be elected an Honorary Trustee of the Board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. US magazine Town and Country recognised her as one of the world’s top philanthropists in 2020, Forbes listed her among the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia in 2016, and Fortune India has ranked her as India’s Most Powerful Woman.

Over the past decade, the Company has focused on several corporate social responsibility programs. The CSR initiatives of the Company under the leadership of Smt. Nita M. Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation, have touched the lives of more than 5.75 crore people covering more than 50,600 villages and several urban locations across India.

The Company continues its endeavor to improve the lives of people and provide opportunities for their holistic development through its different initiatives in the areas of Rural Transformation, Health, Education, Sports for Development, Disaster Response, Arts, Culture, Heritage and Urban Renewal.

Smt. Nita M. Ambani is the spouse of Shri Mukesh D. Ambani.