રિલાયન્સના મુકેશ અંબાણી યંગ પ્રેસિડેન્ટ ઓર્ગેનાઈઝેશનના સક્રિય સભ્ય છે. તાજેતરમાં તેમણે જામનગરના રિલાયન્સ રિફાઈનરી સંકુલમાં વાયપીઓનો ત્રણ દિવસનો જલસો યોજ્યો જેમાં સાંભળવા જેવા વક્તવ્યો, દ્વારકાના દર્શન અને શાહરૂખ ખાન,કરણ જોહર, જૂહી ચાવલા, વિનોદ ખન્ના, રાહુલ ખન્ના, દિયા મિર્ઝા, કેટરીના કૈફ, કરીના કપૂર સહિતના કલાકારોનો મનોરંજનનો કાર્યક્રમ પણ યોજાયો હતો.

મુકેશ અંબાણીના પત્ની નીતા અંબાણીએ ભરતનાટયમનો પરફોર્મન્સ આપ્યો હતો. કન્વેન્શનમાં દાંડિયા રાસની સાંજ પણ હતી.

નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ વાયપીઓના આ કન્વેન્શનમાં ગુજરાતને પ્રમોટ કરવા માટેનું પ્રેઝન્ટેશન કર્યું. વક્તવ્ય આપ્યું અને હાજર કરોડપતિઓના પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ પણ આપ્યા. આના અંશ આપ ઉપર વિડિયોમાં જોઈ શકશો.

World’s fifth richest man Mukesh Ambani is active member of Young President Organization. Mukesh Ambani organized a grand Jamnagar convention of YPO in Reliance refinery campus, Jamnagar. This high power gathering had whose who of Indian industry and tinsel town celebrities as participants.

Infosys’ CEO Nandan Nilekani, ICICI Managing Director and CEO K V Kamath, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal, Mahindra & Mahindra chief Anand Mahindra, Godrej Group CMD Adi Godrej and Vikram S Mehta, chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in India were there on the the invitation of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, for a rare meeting under the banner of the Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO).

More than 200 YPO members, all below the age of 55, joined in seminars and meetings that would have naturally discussed business. But none of them were willing to talk about the three-day retreat as they left for home this afternoon.

Nobel laureate and former US vice president Al Gore, who was invited, did not make it.

Among those who did make it were Temasek India Advisors MD Manish Kejriwal, Avatar Investment Management’s India advisor Pashupati Advani, JM Financial chief Nimesh Kampani, and Pramit Jhaveri, managing director, Citigroup Global Markets.

Young guns Neeraj Bajaj, Pranav Adani and Prashant Ruia were at the event and Anand and Vivek Jain, friends and close associates of Mukesh Ambani were also there.

Over the three days, the business leaders and their spouses were housed at a hotel in the township and many bungalows were converted into guest houses.

They travelled to Jamnagar on chartered jets and were escorted about in a fleet of Mercedes limousines.

A mammoth dome was erected inside the township for the event. It is believed that Rs 6 crore was spent on the dome alone.

Among some political bigwigs who were there were Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and his son Milind Deora, who is a Congress member of parliament, and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was invited, made a presentation on India Unlimited.

Sudhir Mankand, chairman, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), had an opportunity to showcase the potential of the Rs 63,700 crore project.

Even Bollywood’s big guns Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar were there to entertain the guests as were Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Vinod Khanna and son Rahul Khanna participated along with Juhi Chawla and her businessman husband Jay Mehta.

Mukesh Ambani addressed the concluding session before lunch today and many of the guests took a trip to the Dwarka temple later in the evening.