Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at the 45th annual general meeting of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate made major announcements ranging from the scheduled launch of 5G telephony by Diwali to sharing strong hints on his succession plan.

Adani, 60, has spent the past few years expanding his coal-to-ports conglomerate, venturing into everything from data centers to cement, media and alumina. The group now owns India’s largest private-sector port and airport operator, city-gas distributor and coal miner.

While his children already hold various directorships in the group's unlisted firms, this June Ambani stepped down as the chairman of India's largest wireless operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, making way for his elder son, Akash. At the AGM, Ambani referred to daughter Isha as the leader for the retail business.

In his previous stint, he was leading Airtel's growth in the west and BFSI nationally. He has worked at Skylo, Vodafone, NEC, Tata Communications, Persistent, Oracle, Unimobile (a bulk SMS startup).

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