As son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia's richest man, prepares to marry, global elites travel to India
On Friday, a few thousand people are expected to descend on a 25-acre Mumbai convention center owned by Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia, for his son's wedding.
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have in common? The three of them are set to attend the same wedding in India, along with plenty of other prestigious guests.
On Friday, the great and the good and a few thousand others are expected to descend on a 25-acre Mumbai convention center owned by Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia. There, he’ll throw a wedding that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and has prompted police in the city of more than 20 million to reroute traffic around the venue.
So lavish is the party — or series of parties — that the Reliance Industries chairman is hosting for his son Anant Ambani and his fiancée, Radhika Merchant, both 29, that it’s technically been going on for a week and a half.
But pre-wedding events began in March, with a Bollywood-star-studded party at which 500 dishes were served, 1,200 guests were invited and Rihanna gave only her second performance in six years.
The nuptials of Anant Ambani and Merchant — the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon Viren Merchant — have come to symbolize the Ambani family’s power and wealth and India’s growing global clout.
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