2024-07-12 20:49:53
Anant Ambani is the son of the richest Indian. Now the 29-year-old is getting married. Not in a small circle. The celebrations will be pompous – and the guest list will be long.
The celebrations began more than 130 days ago – now they are reaching their climax: the son of the richest Indian, Anant Ambani, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant are getting married on Friday. And many representatives of the world elite are expected to attend the extravagant celebration, which will last several days, in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai, which has a population of 20 million.
So far, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, former British Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra and her husband, and Nick Jonas have landed in the city, among others, according to local media reports.
To facilitate the arrival of the many celebrities, the police even brought traffic to a standstill in important parts of the city. The Indian financial center and heart of Bollywood films is already notorious for severe traffic jams, even without a mega wedding.
In total, the Ambani family plans to spend more than 100 million dollars on the wedding. The groom’s father, Mukesh Ambani, is paying for it. According to Forbes, the 67-year-old company boss is considered the richest man in Asia with a fortune estimated at 116 billion dollars.
Mukesh Ambani has already organized large, lavish weddings for his two older children: in 2018, for example, his daughter Isha married the son of another billionaire. At the time, there was speculation that the cost would be as much as 100 million US dollars. At the time, US singer Beyoncé performed at the wedding party, and two former US Secretaries of State, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, danced to Indian film hits with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
The pre-wedding celebrations for son Anant Ambani began in March in the city of Jamnagar, where the world’s largest oil refinery – owned by the groom’s family – is located. At that time, numerous stars were among the more than a thousand guests. Among others, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, the daughter of former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, were there. Pop star Rihanna provided entertainment.
In June, a second pre-wedding was celebrated in Italy. This time, there were around 800 guests, including Katy Perry, Karlie Kloss and David Guetta. The bride and groom went on a cruise on the Mediterranean together with their hired horde of stars. This ended with a glamorous dinner on the piazza in Portofino – and star tenor Andrea Bocelli belted out his best ballads.