Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and first Asian American U.S. vice president, as well as the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. Harris represented California in the U.S. Senate from 2017 to 2021 and served as the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. A prominent leader within the Democratic Party, she was the party’s nominee for president in the 2024 election.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She began her legal career in the office of the district attorney (DA) of Alameda County before joining the San Francisco DA's Office and later the San Francisco City Attorney's Office. In 2003, she was elected DA of San Francisco. She went on to win election as attorney general of California in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate from California in 2016, becoming the second Black woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the body.
During her tenure in the Senate, Harris advocated for stricter gun control measures, the DREAM Act, federal legalization of cannabis, and reforms to healthcare and taxation. She rose to national prominence through her intense questioning of Trump administration officials and nominees during high-profile Senate hearings, including Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Harris sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, but withdrew from the race prior to the primaries. Joe Biden subsequently selected her as his running mate; their ticket defeated incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 general election. Taking office on January 20, 2021, Harris presided over an evenly split Senate. As president of the Senate, she cast 33 tie-breaking votes—the most by any vice president in U.S. history—helping secure passage of key legislation such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Following Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race in July 2024, Harris launched her own campaign with his endorsement and selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. She ultimately lost the 2024 presidential election to the Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio senator JD Vance. After completing her term as vice president on January 20, 2025, Harris remained active in national Democratic politics, campaigning for party candidates and mobilizing grassroots voter efforts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian billionaire and businessman who is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. He is the richest person in Asia and consistently ranks among the top richest individuals globally, with an estimated net worth of approximately $90 billion to $99.7 billion.
Sometimes characterized as a plutocrat, he has attracted both fame and notoriety for reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation. He regularly tops the Forbes and Bloomberg lists of India's richest tycoons.
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 Ambani and his brother lived with their families on different floors for many years.
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 St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then received a B.E. 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 rather than in a classroom, so he called his son back to India 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 were "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 the Indian Super League, a football league in India. Forbes has previously recognized him as one of the richest sports owners in the world. He resides at Antilia, a 27-story residence in Mumbai that ranks among the world's most expensive private homes. He is also the private owner of a custom Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft acquired for corporate and personal use.