印度首富之子將于今年夏天完婚,。不過(guò),,婚前慶典實(shí)際上是從上周開(kāi)始在印度西部古吉拉特邦新德里的一個(gè)奢華場(chǎng)所舉行的。對(duì)于這對(duì)幸福的新人來(lái)說(shuō),,歡樂(lè)時(shí)光才剛剛開(kāi)始,。
但安巴尼家族究竟何許人也,又是如何讓世界上最有權(quán)勢(shì),、最有影響力的人物,,從對(duì)沖基金大亨到知名音樂(lè)藝術(shù)家,共聚一堂參加婚前派對(duì)的呢,?
這一切都要從新郎的父親,、億萬(wàn)富翁實(shí)業(yè)家穆克什·安巴尼說(shuō)起,他目前是印度首富,,也是世界第九大富豪,。《福布斯》(Forbes)估計(jì)他的凈資產(chǎn)略低于1,180億美元,。
現(xiàn)年66歲的安巴尼是信實(shí)工業(yè)公司(Reliance Industries)的董事長(zhǎng)兼董事總經(jīng)理,。信實(shí)工業(yè)公司是一家總部位于印度孟買的企業(yè)集團(tuán),業(yè)務(wù)范圍廣泛,,從零售,、天然氣、石化到電信,、紡織和娛樂(lè),,無(wú)所不包。該公司是印度最大的私營(yíng)企業(yè),,在《財(cái)富》世界500強(qiáng)中排名第88位,。
安巴尼的父親迪魯拜,也就是準(zhǔn)新郎的祖父,,是一名紗線貿(mào)易商,。他于1958年創(chuàng)立了信實(shí)公司,彼時(shí)是一家大宗商品交易風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司,,主要商品為香料和滌綸紗,。1966年,迪魯拜將業(yè)務(wù)范圍縮小到滌綸,在印度西部的馬哈拉施特拉邦成立了一家家族經(jīng)營(yíng)的紡織品制造商——信實(shí)工業(yè)私人有限公司(Reliance Industries Private Limited),。
迪魯拜于2002年去世,,留下穆克什和他的兄弟阿尼爾執(zhí)掌大權(quán);穆克什最終奪取了多數(shù)股權(quán),。截至2023年,,信實(shí)工業(yè)公司經(jīng)營(yíng)著230多家子公司。
本周真正的慶?;顒?dòng)是為穆克什最小的兒子,、29歲的阿南特·安巴尼舉行的,他即將迎娶交往了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的女友拉迪卡·麥昌特,。麥昌特家境殷實(shí):她的父親維倫·麥昌特是印度制藥巨頭Encore Healthcare Private Limited的首席執(zhí)行官,。
據(jù)《福布斯》報(bào)道,信實(shí)工業(yè)公司仍然是一家家族企業(yè),,穆克什的三個(gè)子女分別控制著不同的行業(yè),。他們于2023年正式加入董事會(huì),長(zhǎng)子阿卡什負(fù)責(zé)電信和寬帶業(yè)務(wù),。阿卡什的雙胞胎妹妹伊莎負(fù)責(zé)零售和金融服務(wù),,準(zhǔn)新郎阿南特負(fù)責(zé)能源業(yè)務(wù)。
憑借老安巴尼的人脈關(guān)系,,這場(chǎng)為期三天的活動(dòng)邀請(qǐng)了1,200多人參加,,其中包括微軟(Microsoft)創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨、Meta創(chuàng)始人馬克·扎克伯格,、谷歌(Google)首席執(zhí)行官桑達(dá)爾·皮查伊,、迪士尼(Disney)首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格(Bob Iger)(受邀但未出席)、美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普的女兒伊萬(wàn)卡·特朗普和她的房地產(chǎn)大亨丈夫賈里德·庫(kù)什納,、寶萊塢一線明星沙魯克·汗(Shah Rukh Khan),,甚至還有復(fù)出為派對(duì)表演的流行歌星蕾哈娜,據(jù)傳她將獲得600萬(wàn)美元的獎(jiǎng)金,。
正如批評(píng)者所指出的那樣,派對(duì)的奢華只是凸顯了困擾印度的嚴(yán)重不平等現(xiàn)象,。在印度,,最富有的1%擁有全國(guó)總財(cái)富的40%以上。
據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》(New York Times)報(bào)道,,這次派對(duì)既是慶?;顒?dòng),也是聚會(huì)和社交活動(dòng),。蘇哈西尼·拉杰報(bào)道稱:“例如,,穆克什·安巴尼的妻子妮塔·安巴尼據(jù)說(shuō)準(zhǔn)備出任信實(shí)工業(yè)公司與華特迪士尼公司(Walt Disney)的印度媒體資產(chǎn)最近合并后成立的公司的董事會(huì)主席。”
遺憾的是艾格沒(méi)有出席活動(dòng),,不過(guò),,婚禮還有幾個(gè)月就要舉行了。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
印度首富之子將于今年夏天完婚,。不過(guò),,婚前慶典實(shí)際上是從上周開(kāi)始在印度西部古吉拉特邦新德里的一個(gè)奢華場(chǎng)所舉行的。對(duì)于這對(duì)幸福的新人來(lái)說(shuō),,歡樂(lè)時(shí)光才剛剛開(kāi)始,。
但安巴尼家族究竟何許人也,又是如何讓世界上最有權(quán)勢(shì),、最有影響力的人物,,從對(duì)沖基金大亨到知名音樂(lè)藝術(shù)家,共聚一堂參加婚前派對(duì)的呢,?
這一切都要從新郎的父親,、億萬(wàn)富翁實(shí)業(yè)家穆克什·安巴尼說(shuō)起,他目前是印度首富,,也是世界第九大富豪,。《福布斯》(Forbes)估計(jì)他的凈資產(chǎn)略低于1,180億美元,。
現(xiàn)年66歲的安巴尼是信實(shí)工業(yè)公司(Reliance Industries)的董事長(zhǎng)兼董事總經(jīng)理,。信實(shí)工業(yè)公司是一家總部位于印度孟買的企業(yè)集團(tuán),業(yè)務(wù)范圍廣泛,,從零售,、天然氣、石化到電信,、紡織和娛樂(lè),,無(wú)所不包。該公司是印度最大的私營(yíng)企業(yè),,在《財(cái)富》世界500強(qiáng)中排名第88位,。
安巴尼的父親迪魯拜,也就是準(zhǔn)新郎的祖父,,是一名紗線貿(mào)易商,。他于1958年創(chuàng)立了信實(shí)公司,彼時(shí)是一家大宗商品交易風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司,,主要商品為香料和滌綸紗,。1966年,迪魯拜將業(yè)務(wù)范圍縮小到滌綸,,在印度西部的馬哈拉施特拉邦成立了一家家族經(jīng)營(yíng)的紡織品制造商——信實(shí)工業(yè)私人有限公司(Reliance Industries Private Limited),。
迪魯拜于2002年去世,,留下穆克什和他的兄弟阿尼爾執(zhí)掌大權(quán);穆克什最終奪取了多數(shù)股權(quán),。截至2023年,,信實(shí)工業(yè)公司經(jīng)營(yíng)著230多家子公司。
本周真正的慶?;顒?dòng)是為穆克什最小的兒子,、29歲的阿南特·安巴尼舉行的,他即將迎娶交往了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的女友拉迪卡·麥昌特,。麥昌特家境殷實(shí):她的父親維倫·麥昌特是印度制藥巨頭Encore Healthcare Private Limited的首席執(zhí)行官,。
據(jù)《福布斯》報(bào)道,信實(shí)工業(yè)公司仍然是一家家族企業(yè),,穆克什的三個(gè)子女分別控制著不同的行業(yè),。他們于2023年正式加入董事會(huì),長(zhǎng)子阿卡什負(fù)責(zé)電信和寬帶業(yè)務(wù),。阿卡什的雙胞胎妹妹伊莎負(fù)責(zé)零售和金融服務(wù),,準(zhǔn)新郎阿南特負(fù)責(zé)能源業(yè)務(wù)。
憑借老安巴尼的人脈關(guān)系,,這場(chǎng)為期三天的活動(dòng)邀請(qǐng)了1,200多人參加,,其中包括微軟(Microsoft)創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨、Meta創(chuàng)始人馬克·扎克伯格,、谷歌(Google)首席執(zhí)行官桑達(dá)爾·皮查伊,、迪士尼(Disney)首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格(Bob Iger)(受邀但未出席)、美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普的女兒伊萬(wàn)卡·特朗普和她的房地產(chǎn)大亨丈夫賈里德·庫(kù)什納,、寶萊塢一線明星沙魯克·汗(Shah Rukh Khan),,甚至還有復(fù)出為派對(duì)表演的流行歌星蕾哈娜,據(jù)傳她將獲得600萬(wàn)美元的獎(jiǎng)金,。
正如批評(píng)者所指出的那樣,,派對(duì)的奢華只是凸顯了困擾印度的嚴(yán)重不平等現(xiàn)象。在印度,,最富有的1%擁有全國(guó)總財(cái)富的40%以上,。
據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》(New York Times)報(bào)道,這次派對(duì)既是慶?;顒?dòng),,也是聚會(huì)和社交活動(dòng)。蘇哈西尼·拉杰報(bào)道稱:“例如,,穆克什·安巴尼的妻子妮塔·安巴尼據(jù)說(shuō)準(zhǔn)備出任信實(shí)工業(yè)公司與華特迪士尼公司(Walt Disney)的印度媒體資產(chǎn)最近合并后成立的公司的董事會(huì)主席,?!?/p>
遺憾的是艾格沒(méi)有出席活動(dòng),,不過(guò),,婚禮還有幾個(gè)月就要舉行了。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
The son of India’s richest man is getting married this summer. But the wedding festivities actually began last week in New Delhi at a decadent venue in Gujarat, a state in western India—and the exorbitant prices of all the fêting has sent shockwaves across the globe. For the happy couple, the fun is only just the beginning.
But who is the Ambani family, and how did they manage to gather some of the world’s most powerful and influential people—from hedge-fund kingpins to celebrity music artists—to a pre-wedding party?
It all starts with the groom’s father, billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, who is currently the richest person in India and the ninth-richest man in the world. Forbes pegs his net worth at just under $118 billion.
Ambani, 66, is chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, a Mumbai-based conglomerate with business in everything from retail, natural gas, and petrochemicals to telecommunications, textiles, and entertainment. It is the largest private-sector company in India, and No. 88 on the Fortune Global 500.
Ambani’s father, Dhirubhai—the groom-to-be’s grandfather—was a yarn trader who founded Reliance in 1958 as a commodity-trading venture firm. Those commodities were mostly spices and polyester yarn. In 1966, Dhirubhai narrowed his focus primarily on polyester, incorporating Reliance Industries Private Limited as a family-operated textile manufacturer in the western state of Maharashtra, India.
Dhirubhai died in 2002, leaving Mukesh and his brother Anil at the reins; Mukesh ultimately wrested majority control. As of 2023, Reliance operates over 230 subsidiaries.
This week’s actual festivities were for Anant Ambani, 29, Mukesh’s youngest son, who is set to marry his long-term girlfriend Radhika Merchant. Merchant herself comes from serious money: Her father, Viren Merchant, is CEO of Encore Healthcare Private Limited, a pharmaceutical giant in India.
Reliance remains a family business, and each of Mukesh’s three children has control of a different industry, per Forbes. They officially joined the board in 2023, and eldest son Akash leads the telecom and broadband arm. Isha, Akash’s twin sister, heads retail and financial services, and Anant, the groom-to-be, heads up energy.
The elder Ambani’s connections resulted in a guest list for the three-day event that totaled more than 1,200 people, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Disney CEO Bob Iger (who was invited but didn’t attend), former first daughter Ivanka Trump and her real-estate magnate husband Jared Kushner, A-list Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan, and even pop star Rihanna, who came out of retirement to perform for the party, earning a rumored $6 million payout.
As critics have pointed out, the flashiness of the party only underscore the rampant inequality plaguing India, where the richest 1% own over 40% of the country’s total wealth
According to the New York Times, the party was just as much a destination for hobnobbing and networking as it was for celebration. “For instance, Nita Ambani, Mukesh Ambani’s wife, is reportedly poised to become board chairwoman of the company created by a recent merger of Reliance with Walt Disney’s Indian media assets,” Suhasini Raj reported.
Too bad Iger didn’t show up—but luckily, the wedding is still a few months away.