The Oil Tycoon of the Gilded Age, modernized oil supply chains: tankers, pipelines and petrol pumps. He is considered among the Men Who Built America along with the likes of Edison, Tesla, JP Morgan, and Henry Ford.
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Characters
We explore our themes with the lens of two characters: Mukesh Ambani Dhirubhai Ambani and Rockefeller.
The other characters include:
Maharajas
- Dhirubhai Ambani, The Polyester Prince - Founder of Reliance Industries Limited
- Aditya Birla
- Rahul Bajaj
- Ratan Tata
Men Who Built America
- Rockefeller - Standard Oil
- Carnegie - US Steel
- Vanderbilt - Rail Magnate, died 1877, just months before the Great Railroad Strike
- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse - General Electric
- JP Morgan - US Steel, General Electric - 1901
Industrialists
Men Who Built AmericaBorrowed from the popular History channel docu-drama by the same name.
- Rockefeller
- Carnegie
- Vanderbilt
- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse - General Electric
- JP Morgan
At the heart of very synthesis, lies a narrative. This is neither complete, nor true.
Although I'm violating the tradition of Epistemic humility, I encourage you to check the Commonplace first for caveats first.
Here are the questions we want to ask:
Standard Oil:Rockefeller :: Jio:Ambani
- What was Standard Oil and who was Rockefeller?
- What helped Standard Oil become a virtual monopoly?
- What makes Rockefeller a useful metaphor for Mukesh Ambani's goals? The similarities, differences and place in time.
- What are the possible ambitions behind Jio Platforms?
- What makes Jio Platforms a force to reckon with?
We also touch
Who has Jio raised the money from?
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| Base | Stake | Amount | Other Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | ||||
| KKR | US | |||
| Mubadala | Abu Dhabi | 1.85% | $1.2 B | |
| Silver Lake | US | 2.08% | $1.35 B | Gartner, Alibaba’s Ant Financial, Dell, and Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing |
| General Atlantic | US | |||
| TPG | US | 0.93% | $600 M | |
| Vista Equity | US | |||
| ADIA | Abu Dhabi | 1.16% | $750M |
India's Gilded Age
This is a topic which I may or may not explore - depending on my own time and curiosity trade offs.
If you have questions though, tweet to me @NirantK