Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s son is set to tie the knot in one of India’s most extravagant weddings. Who is Ambani and which celebrities will participate in the event, which has already been called the wedding of the year?
Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians began arriving in India’s financial capital today (Friday July 12) to attend the wedding of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son.
As you can imagine, all this demonstrates the amazing wealth of the billionaire.
Anant Ambani, 29, is getting married to his girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, in what many are calling the wedding of the year.
The celebrations are held at the Ambani-owned Jio World Congress Center and their family home in Mumbai, and are the culmination of months of wedding celebrations, with appearances by pop stars such as Rihanna and Justin Bieber.
The four-day wedding festivities begin today with a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony and continue throughout the weekend with a grand reception.
According to local media, the guest list includes former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, CEO of Saudi Aramco Amin H. Nasser, the Kardashians, Adele, Lana Del Rey, Drake and David Beckham.
The Ambani family has not confirmed the guest list.
Police closed traffic around the wedding venue from Friday to Monday to manage the flow of guests flying into the greater city of Mumbai, where heavy monsoon rains caused flooding and flight disruptions last week.
The groom’s father, Mukesh Ambani, 66, is the world’s ninth richest man with a fortune of $116 billion, according to Forbes magazine. He is also the richest man in Asia. His company, Reliance Industries, is a huge conglomerate with interests in sectors as diverse as petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecommunications and retail, with annual sales of more than $100 billion.
Among other assets, the Ambani family also owns a 27-story private residential building in Mumbai worth $1 billion. There are three helipads, a 160-car garage and a private cinema room.
Ambani’s son Anant is overseeing the conglomerate’s expansion into renewable and green energy. He also runs a 3,000-acre animal rescue center in the family’s hometown of Jamnagar, Gujarat.
The bride, Radhika Merchant, is the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon Viren Merchant and is the marketing director of his company Encore Healthcare, according to Vogue.
Ambani’s critics say his business flourished largely because of his political connections during the Congress party-led governments of the 1970s and 1980s and during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule after 2014. They claim that “capitalism” in India has helped some companies. , like Ambani, development.
The Ambani family’s pre-wedding celebrations were lavish and star-studded.
In March, they threw a three-day bridal shower for Anant (as usual) with 1,200 guests including former world leaders, tech tycoons and Bollywood megastars. Rihanna, Akon and Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh, who gained international fame while performing at Coachella, also performed at the event. Tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates also participated in the event.
In May, the family took guests on a three-day cruise from Italy to France, during which Katy Perry performed her hit song “Firework” and watched Pitbull perform, according to media reports.
The family also organized a mass wedding for over 50 underprivileged couples on July 2 as part of the celebrations.
Last week, Justin Bieber performed in front of hundreds of guests at his private pre-wedding concert, which featured performances by Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh and Salman Khan.
According to reports, Bieber paid $10 million for his involvement in this case.
Ambani also made headlines in 2018 when his daughter Beyoncé got married due to lavish celebrations with her performing at the pre-wedding festivities. Former US secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were among those rubbing shoulders with Indian celebrities and Bollywood stars in the western Indian city of Udaipur.