| Some Lesser Known Facts | - Nita Ambani was born to Purnima Dalal and Ravindrabhai Dalal in Mumbai.
- She grew up in a middle-class joint family.
- Her Grandfather was a French Professor in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
- Nita’s younger sister, Mamta Dalal is a teacher-cum-administrator at Dhirubhai Ambani School in Bandra and has taught some of the most well-known kids in the country, including Shah Rukh Khan‘s daughter, Suhana Khan, and Sachin Tendulkar‘s son, Arjun Tendulkar.
- She loves teaching very much and has a passion for teaching since her youth.
- Her earliest ambition was to become a classical dancer, and now, she has become a classic case of the accidental businesswoman.
- She set up a rural school near the Patalganga Plant to harness her passion for teaching, and then she set up another school at Jamnagar and then Dhirubhai Ambani International School in South Mumbai.
- She wanted to become a lawyer but had to quit her law studies after her father-in-law fell ill.
- Once, she made Mukesh Ambani ride on a Best Bus in Mumbai in order to meet her.
- She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.
- For the first 20 years after her marriage, she was out of the limelight.
- As a part of the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), she started as the chairperson and founder of Reliance Foundation.
- She owns a franchise Cricket Team - Mumbai Indians.
- She was elected to the Board of Reliance Industries in 2014.
- On 4 August 2016, Nita Ambani became the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
- Nita Ambani stepped down from the Reliance Board on 28 August 2023, while Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, and Anant Ambani joined the board. Nita continued serving as the chairperson of the Reliance Industries.
- Nita and Mukesh hosted a three-day pre-wedding event for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Jamnagar, Gujarat, from 1 March 2024 to 3 March 2024. The lavish event drew around 1200 guests, including Bollywood celebrities, tech moguls like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and Hollywood stars Rihanna and Akon.
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