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Mukesh Ambani the richest man in India and all of Asia has achieved remarkable business success over the past few decades. However his success did not come in isolation and was built on the back of the help and support from his close aides and loyalists especially during the tumultuous period of his bitter feud with younger brother Anil Ambani which ultimately resulted in split of Reliance the company established by Anil and Mukesh’s father Dhirubhai Ambani into two separate businesses. One of those figures is Manoj Modi often called the right-hand man of Mukesh Ambani who stuck beside the Reliance boss through thick and thin. Who is Manoj Modi? The relationship between Manoj Modi and Mukesh Ambani spans nearly half a century as the two have been friends since their college days when they attended school at the Department of Chemical Technology at Mumbai University. According to details Manoj Modi joined Reliance in the early 1980s when the company was led by Mukesh Ambani’s father late Dhirubhai Ambani. Since then Manoj Modi has played a vital role in transforming Mukesh’s Reliance Industries into India’s most valued company and one of the largest and most successful business houses in the world. Manoj Modi is considered very close to both Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani and the two families also have a tightly-knit relationship according to reports. Whats Manoj Modis role at Reliance? Contrary to his unassuming personality Manoj Modi is considered a hardcore negotiator with a sharp business acumen who reportedly spearheaded Reliance Jio’s groundbreaking deal with Facebook in April 2020 when Jio Platforms under the leadership of Akash Ambani inked a Rs 43000 crore deal with the social media giant. Manoj closely works with Mukesh Ambani’s children Akash Imbani and Isha Ambani and helps the young business leaders in charting their own path in the cutthroat business world. Currently Manoj Modi serves as the Director of Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm. Notably Manoj Modi’s daughter Bhakti Modi is close friend and aide of Isha Ambani and the co-founder and CEO of Reliance Retail’s beauty platform Tira. Manoj Modi net worth Unlike his famous friend Manoj Modi prefers to live a private life and keeps a low profile and as such there is little information about his net worth or salary. However his wealth can be gauged from the fact that he lives in a 22-storey mansion on Mumbai’s Nepean Sea Road which is reportedly worth over Rs 1500 crore. The lavish house which is spread over an area of 1.7 lakh square feet was reportedly gifted to him by Mukesh Ambani in 2022.