Reliance and a Jio Platforms IPO

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Editor's note: What is good for India is good for Reliance. That is something Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd, espoused too, clearly taking on from his father, the late Dhirubhai Ambani. But is it possible that with Jio Platforms Ambani has created a company that’s too much for Indians to stomach? Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that Reliance was looking at listing Platforms—the subsidiary housing all the conglomerate’s digital businesses, as well as telecom operator Reliance Jio—overseas:  Reliance Industries Ltd. is working with banks on early preparations for an overseas listing of its digital and wireless business, people with knowledge of the matter said, after the unit attracted more than $10 billion of investment in a month. The conglomerate backed by Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, is preparing Jio Platforms Ltd. for an initial public offering outside of India, the people said. The offering could happen in the next 12 to 24 months and the company hasn’t decided on a listing venue, one of the people said. There’s also no final decision on timeline and size, according …