Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s Son’s Lavish Pre-Wedding Celebrations – All You Need to Know

2024-03-02 14:25:00
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Radhika Merchant and Nita Ambani share a moment during Anant Ambani and Radhika’s pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, March 1, 2024. Reliance Industries/Handout via REUTERS

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Her father throws a three-day prenuptial party four months before the ceremony.

Magnates from around the world, heads of state and stars from Hollywood and Bollywood descended on Friday in the small town of Jamnagar, in western India, where billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani is kicking off his wedding celebration. his youngest son.

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The nearly 1,200 guests include pop superstar Rihanna, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sunder Picha, Ivanka Trump and Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan.

This photograph 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 Anant Ambani, 28, and his girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, who are getting married in July. Radhika is the daughter of Viren Merchant, CEO of Encore Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., and businesswoman Shaila Merchant.

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These types of celebrations follow the Ambani family tradition of celebrating lavish and grand parties, while highlighting the economic and political influence of the Indian billionaire.

Here’s everything there is to know regarding the family and the prenuptial party that captivated the country.

Mukesh Ambani, 66, is currently the tenth richest man in the world, with a net worth of $115 billion, according to Forbes. He is also the richest person in Asia.

This photograph released by the Reliance group shows Jared Kushner, his daughter Arabella and Ivanka Trump posing for a photograph with billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, at a pre-wedding party for Ambani’s son Anant Ambani in Jamnagar, India, Friday, 01 March 2024. (Reliance Group via AP)

His Reliance Industries is a huge conglomerate with annual revenues of more than $100 billion, with 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 telecommunications sector with the launch of the 4G phone and broadband service Jio in 2016. Today it has more than 420 million subscribers. and offers 5G services. Earlier this week, Disney closed an $8.5 billion deal to merge its India business with Ambani’s Reliance Industries, forming a new media giant.

The Ambani family owns, among other assets, a 27-story private apartment building, called Antila, valued at $1 billion in Mumbai. It has three helipads, a garage for 160 cars, a private cinema, a swimming pool and a gym.

Ambani’s detractors claim that his company has prospered mainly thanks to his political connections during the Congress governments in the 1970s and 1980s and then under Prime Minister Narendra Modi starting in 2014. They say that “capitalism of cronies” in India has helped certain corporations, like Ambani’s, prosper.

Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, and Mukesh pose for a photo during Anant and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, March 1, 2024. Reliance Industries/Handout via REUTERS

Mukesh Ambani, 66, has begun passing the torch to his two sons and daughter. The eldest, Akash Ambani, is now chairman of Reliance Jio; his daughter, Isha, oversees retail; and the youngest, Anant – who will get married in July – has joined the new energy business.

Extravagant parties are the Ambanis’ specialty.

In 2018, when his daughter got married, Ambani made headlines for grand celebrations with pop sensation Beyoncé performing at the pre-wedding festivities. At the time, former US Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were among those who rubbed shoulders with 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 REUTERS

That same year, the happy couple, Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal, officially celebrated their engagement overlooking the picturesque Lake Como in Italy. In December 2018, they got married at the Ambani residence in Mumbai.

The three-day pre-wedding party offers a glimpse of the opulence to expect at the July wedding.

The Ambanis will celebrate it in Jamnagar, the family’s hometown of regarding 600,000 inhabitants located in an almost desert area of ​​the state of Gujarat, where the company’s main oil refinery is also located.

Guests will dress up in jungle-themed outfits to visit an animal rescue center run by the groom-to-be, Anant. Known as “Vantara,” or “Jungle Star,” this 1,200-hectare center houses abused, injured and endangered animals, especially elephants.

Rihanna poses for a photo at the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, at Jamnagar airport, Gujarat, India, March 2, 2024. Reliance Industries/Handout via REUTERS

The invitation also says that guests will start each day with a new dress code, with notice boards and an army of hairstylists, makeup artists and Indian clothing designers at your hotel to help you get ready.

There will also be traditional Hindu ceremonies at a temple complex.

Guests, many of whom will arrive on chartered planes, will be served 500 dishes created by a hundred chefs.

Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, serve traditional Gujarati food to villagers before their pre-wedding celebrations on the outskirts of Jamnagar, Gujarat, India February 28 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File

The guest list also includes Mohammed Bin Jassim al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar; Stephen Harper, former Canadian Prime Minister; and the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, and Queen Jetsun Pema.

On Wednesday, the Ambani family organized a community meal service for 51,000 people living in nearby villages.

(With information from AP)

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