After the death of legendary industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani in 2002, a power struggle emerged between his two sons, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, over the control of Reliance Industries. The boardroom battle soon became public and captivated corporate India. In June 2005, their mother, Kokilaben Ambani, brokered a peace deal, leading to the formal division of the Reliance empire.