Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Radhika Merchant and Nita Ambani share a moment during the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, March 1, 2024. Reliance Industries/Handout via Portal
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His father organizes one Three day marriage party four months before the ceremony.
Tycoons from all over the world, heads of state as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars They drove to the small town on Friday Jamnagarin the west of the Indiawhere the billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani opens the celebrations for the wedding of his youngest son.
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Pop superstars are among the almost 1,200 guests Rihanna, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sunder Picha, Ivanka Trump and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.
This photo released by the Reliance Group shows Mark Zuckerberg (left) and his wife Priscilla Chan at a pre-wedding party for billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani in Jamnagar, India, on Friday, March 1, 2024. ( Reliance Group via AP)
All eyes are on us Anant Ambani28 years old and his girlfriend Radhika dealers, 29, who is getting married in July. Radhika is the daughter of Virus dealerCEO of Encore Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and businesswoman Shaila dealer.
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These types of celebrations follow the Ambani family's tradition of throwing lavish and grand parties while highlighting the Indian billionaire's economic and political influence.
Here's everything you need to know about the family and the marriage bash that captivated the country.
Mukesh Ambani, 66, is currently the tenth richest man in the worldwith a net worth of 115 billion dollars, according to Forbes. He is also the richest person in Asia.
This photo released by Reliance Group shows Jared Kushner, his daughter Arabella and Ivanka Trump posing for a photo with billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani at a pre-wedding party for Ambani's son Anant Ambani in Jamnagar, India, on Friday, March 1, 2024 , to pose. Reliance Group via AP)
His Reliance Industries is a massive conglomerate with annual sales of more than $100 million 100 billion dollarswith interests ranging from petrochemicals and oil and gas to telecommunications and retail.
Under Ambani's leadership, Reliance – founded by his father in 1966 – sparked a price war in the telecom sector with the launch of 4G phone and broadband service Jio in 2016. Today the company has more than 420 million subscribers and offers 5G services. Earlier this week, Disney closed an $8.5 billion deal to merge its India operations with Reliance Industriesby Ambani, forms a new media giant.
The Ambani family owns a 27-story private apartment building called Antila, worth Rs, among other assets $1 billion in Mumbai. It has three helipads, a 160-car garage, a private cinema, a swimming pool and a gym.
Ambani's critics say his company has flourished largely thanks to him political connections during the Congress governments in the 1970s and 1980s and later under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2014. They say that the “Nepotism Capitalism” In India, it has helped certain companies like Ambani succeed.
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Mukesh pose for a photograph during Anant and Radhika Merchant's wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, March 1, 2024. Reliance Industries/Handout via Portal
Mukesh Ambani, 66, has started passing the torch to his two sons and daughter. The oldest, Akash Ambani, is now chairman of Reliance Jio; his daughter, Isha, oversees retail operations; and the youngest, Anant – who is getting married in July – has joined the new energy business.
Extravagant parties are the Ambanis' specialty.
When his daughter got married in 2018, Ambani made headlines at major celebrations when pop sensation Beyoncé performed at the pre-wedding celebrations. Former US Secretary of State at the time Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were among those who met Indian celebrities and Bollywood stars in the western Indian city of Udaipur.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Isha Piramal, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani, Anant Ambani, Rihanna, Radhika Merchant, Shloka Mehta Ambani and Akash Ambani on stage during Anant and Radhika's pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India , March 1, 2024 . Reliance Industries/Handout via Portal
The same year, happy couple Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal officially celebrated their engagement overlooking the picturesque surroundings Lake Como, in Italy. They got married at the Ambani residence in Mumbai in December 2018.
The three-day pre-wedding party offers a taste of the opulence you can expect at the July wedding.
The Ambanis will celebrate in Jamnagar, the family's hometown of about 600,000 people, which lies in a near-desert area of the state Gujaratwhere the company's main oil refinery is also located.
Guests will dress in jungle outfits to visit an animal rescue center run by groom-to-be Anant. This 1,200-acre center, known as “Vantara” or “Jungle Star,” houses abused, injured and endangered animals, particularly elephants.
Rihanna poses for a photograph at the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, at Jamnagar Airport, Gujarat, India, March 2, 2024. Reliance Industries /Handout via Portal
The invitation also states that guests will start each day with a new dress code, with bulletin boards and an army of hairdressers, makeup artists and Indian fashion designers at your hotel to help you prepare.
There will also be traditional Hindu ceremonies in a temple complex.
Guests are entertained, many of whom arrive on charter planes 500 plates created by a hundred chefs.
Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, serve traditional Gujarati food to villagers ahead of their wedding celebrations on the outskirts of Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, February 28, 2024. Portal/Stringer/File
The guest list also includes Mohammed Bin Jassim al ThaniPrime Minister of Qatar; Stephen Harper, former Canadian Prime Minister; and the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuckand the queen Jetsun Pema.
On Wednesday, the Ambani family organized a communal food service for 51,000 people in surrounding villages.
(With information from AP)