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Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964)

is an American politician and lawyer currently
serving in her first term as the junior United
States senator from California since 2017,
and is also the Democratic vice presidential
nominee for the 2020 election as the running
mate of Joe Biden.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated

from Howard University and the University of
California, Hastings College of the Law. She
began her career in the Alameda County
District Attorney's Office, before being
recruited to the San Francisco District
Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected
district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected attorney general of California in 2010, and re-
elected in 2014.
She defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second
African-American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. As
a senator, she has supported healthcare reform, federal descheduling of cannabis, a path to
citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and
progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump
administration officials during Senate hearings.
Harris ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and attracted national attention before
ending her campaign on December 3, 2019. She was announced as former vice president Joe Biden's
running mate in the 2020 election on August 11, 2020. She is the first African-American, the first
Asian-American, and the third female vice presidential running mate on a major party ticket after
Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an

Indian billionaire business magnate, and the chairman,
managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance
Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company
and India's most valuable company by market value.
He is currently the richest man in Asia with a net worth
of US$79.2 billion and as of 16 August 2020 he is listed
on Forbes as the 6th richest person in the world.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 19 April 1957

in the British Crown colony of Aden (in present-day
Yemen) to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani.
He has a younger brother Anil Ambani and two sisters,
Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari and Dipti Dattaraj
Salgaocar.
Ambani lived only briefly in Yemen because his father decided to move back to India in 1958 to start
a trading business that focused on spices and textiles. The latter was originally named "Vimal" but
later changed to "Only Vimal." His family lived in a modest two-bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar,
Mumbai until the 1970s. The family's financial status slightly improved when they moved to India but
Ambani still lived in a communal society, used public transportation, and never received an allowance.
Dhirubhai later purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in Colaba, where, until
recently, Ambani and his brother lived with their families on different floors.
Ambani attended the Hill Grange High School at Peddar Road, Mumbai, along with his brother and
Anand Jain, who later became his close associate. After his secondary schooling, he studied at the St.
Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then received a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of
Chemical Technology.
Ambani later enrolled for an MBA at Stanford University but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build
Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise. His father felt that real-life
skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back
to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.
Ambani has been quoted as saying that he was influenced by his teachers William F. Sharpe and Man
Mohan Sharma because they are "the kind of professors who made you think out of the box."
Through Reliance, he also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians and is the
founder of Indian Super League, a football league in India. In 2012, Forbes named him one of the
richest sports owners in the world. He resides at the Antilia Building, one of the world's most
expensive private residences with its value reaching $1 billion.

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Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964)

Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 19 April 1957

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