Jul 13, 2024 09:03 PM

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A Billionaire Wedding Puts ‘Crazy Rich Indians’ in the Spotlight

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Mukesh Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Photo: VCG

Mukesh Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Photo: VCG

By Tripti LahiriFollow

(The Wall Street Journal) — One of the most lavish weddings in recent years wraps up in India this weekend, after giving the world an eye-popping look at the spending power of a fabulously wealthy billionaire family—the Ambanis.

Anant Ambani, 29, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, head of industrial conglomerate Reliance Industries and India’s richest man, is marrying Radhika Merchant, also 29, the scion of another Indian business family. The wedding’s price tag is estimated to be upward of $100 million.

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