From Rags to World's Richest: The Ambani Story with Sam Wilkin

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Sam Wilkin, a senior advisor to Oxford Economics, discussed how Indian entrepreneur Dhirubhai Ambani completed one of the most unlikely "rags to riches" stories of modern times, and what lessons his experience can teach entrepreneurs in India today. Interviewed by Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Director of Indices at the Legatum Institute.

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