RIL Spent $13 Billion on Acquisitions in 5 Years
Financial Express Kochi|January 01, 2025
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES HAS spent $13 billion on acquisitions in the past five years across new energy, telecom, retail, and media business to script a pivot away from core oil and petrochemicals business to clean energy and consumer-facing verticals.
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Reliance bought oncology platform Karkinos Healthcare for ₹375 crore, adding another stack to its diagnostic and digital healthcare ecosystem, Morgan Stanley said in a report.

"Over the past five years, RIL has announced $13 billion in acquisitions with 14% in new energy, 48% in technology, media and telecommunications, 9% in retail, and increasingly more in healthcare," it said.

Of this, $6 billion was in acquisition of companies and assets in media and education business and $2.6 billion in telecom and internet verticals.

It spent $1.7 billion on acquisitions in new energy and $1.14 billion in retail, according to Morgan Stanley.

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