Anant to wed Radhika, star-studded guestlist

All eyes are on this weekend’s mega marriage ceremony in India, the place the youngest son of Asia’s wealthiest man prepares to tie the knot along with his long-time sweetheart after months of lavish pre-wedding celebrations.

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani — the nation’s richest man and the billionaire chairman of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries — is throwing a three-day marriage ceremony bash for his son that kicks off on Friday.

The groom is his 29-year-old son Anant Ambani and 29-year-old Radhika Service provider, the daughter of Viren Service provider, proprietor of Encore Healthcare.

Excessive-profiles friends, from Wall Road executives and international tycoons to celebrities from Hollywood to Bollywood, might be jetting down for the extravagant occasion which has hogged media headlines and sparked a social media frenzy.

In keeping with a number of native studies, a standard Hindu ceremony might be held on Friday on the Jio World Conference Centre in Mumbai, probably inflicting highway closures and visitors diversions.

Companies on the Bandra Kurla Complicated, the place the conference heart is positioned, have additionally been instructed to do business from home to keep away from additional congestion.

The festivities will conclude with a grand marriage ceremony reception on Sunday.

The Ambani household has stayed mum concerning the star-studded visitor listing, however a number of media studies have stated 16-time Grammy award winner Adele may very well be one of many principal performers.

Canadian rapper Drake, boxer Mike Tyson, and web character Kim Kardashian may even be invited, in accordance with CNBC TV-18, which obtained the visitor listing from organizers.

Not solely celebrities have been invited. Politicians comparable to India’s former president Ram Nath Kovind and numerous Indian ministers have been additionally on the guestlist, together with former UK prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair.

Enterprise executives comparable to HSBC Holdings Chairman Mark Tucker and Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Lee, in addition to Morgan Stanley’s Michael Grimes and FIFA president Gianni Infantino have reportedly been invited as properly.

The daddy of the groom is at the moment the world’s eleventh richest man with a internet value of $119 billion, in accordance with Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.

He owns a $1 billion household house in Mumbai — a 27-storey non-public house constructing referred to as Antila — that has a film theatre, a snow room, helipads, a salon, and even an ice cream parlor, in accordance with native studies.

Main as much as this weekend’s extravaganza, the couple celebrated with a three-day prenuptial celebration in March within the Ambani’s hometown of Jamnagar within the western Indian state of Gujarat.

The occasion set tongues wagging when it was reported that the 1,200 friends in attendance have been entertained by singer Rihanna who was paid $8 to $9 million, native media reported. Elites like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Bollywood star like Shah Rukh Khan joined the festivities too.

Final week, Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber left Mumbai with a $10 million paycheck after performing on the couple’s sangeet — a welcome celebration for shut household and pals of the bride and groom.

Though it stays unclear what the overall value of the marriage might be, marriage ceremony planners have estimated that the household has already spent as much as $156 million, in accordance with the BBC.

Mukesh Ambani has two different kids, 32-year-old twins Akash and Isha.

Isha’s week-long marriage ceremony in 2018 was estimated to value round $100 million, with a efficiency by 32-time Grammy winner Beyonce, whereas Akash’s marriage ceremony in 2019 noticed performances by Coldplay and Maroon 5, in accordance with native media.

All his three kids personal stakes in Reliance Industries and have seats on the board.