By Seyi Babalola
Celebrities ranging from Kim and Khloe Kardashian to boxer Mike Tyson are scheduled to attend Asia’s richest man’s spectacular family wedding, which will take place in India on Friday following months of celebration.
The wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries Ltd. Chairman Mukesh Ambani, will be attended by luminaries ranging from HSBC Holdings plc Chairman Mark Tucker and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Chairman Jay Lee to political heavyweights such as former UK leaders Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, according to people familiar with the guest list who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to the sources, the list includes chief executives such as Amin Nasser of Saudi Aramco and Murray Auchincloss of BP Plc. So are Emma Walmsley of GSK Plc, Jim Taiclet of Lockheed Martin, and even FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
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Anant Ambani and fiancée Radhika Merchant will marry at the Jio World Centre in downtown Mumbai, with over 1,200 guests, including Indian MPs and government leaders.
Nita Ambani, Mukesh Ambani’s wife, selected hundreds of local delicacies, Bloomberg reported earlier this week.
Guest invites in the shape of small temples adorned with gold statues of Hindu gods have gone viral on social media.
Anant’s father, Mukesh, is the chairman of Reliance Industries, a family-founded conglomerate that has evolved to become India’s largest firm by market capitalization.
According to Forbes, the patriarch is Asia’s richest and the world’s 11th richest person, with a fortune worth more than $113 billion, and he is not afraid to make a statement about family weddings.
He conducted the most extravagant wedding in India to date for his daughter in 2018, reportedly costing $100 million and including US artist Beyonce.
Ambani is also a close ally of India’s right-wing Hindu nationalist leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.