Glitz and opulence in India. The famous singer Rihanna, the owner of Meta Mark Zuckerberg and Ivanka Trump, among the most influential personalities in the world, are in India today Friday invited to the lavish celebrations organized by Mukesh Ambani, the businessman with the largest fortune in Asia, in order to celebrate his son’s upcoming wedding.

Photos published by Indian media confirmed the arrival of Rihanna, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, as well as Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former US President Donald Trump, in Jamnagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

Rihanna, who gave birth to her second child in August, is expected to headline the events as she will sing in public for the first time since last year’s Superbowl, Indian media reported.

According to India Today, the R&B singer was offered a fee of $9 million to participate in the events.

Multinational owners, Hollywood stars and political dignitaries are also expected to attend the lavish bash hosted by Ambani.

Magician David Blaine and Bollywood star Diljit Dosanjh they will provide a spectacle for the billionaire’s guests.

The 66-year-old Ambani, chairman of the oil and telecommunications giant Reliance Industries is Asia’s richest businessman and 10th in the world, according to the Forbes list of billionaires, with a fortune of more than $116 billion.

Show of wealth

Mukesh Ambani inherited his father’s already successful industrial business, spanning the oil, gas and petrochemicals sectors, and grew it into a profitable conglomerate that expanded into retail, telecommunications and an Indian Premier League cricket team. .

Reliance’s partnerships with companies such as Burberry and Armani enabled it to meet the ever-increasing demand for luxury goods in India.

Antilia, the Ambani family residence, is a 27-story skyscraper that cost over $1 billion to build, has 600 permanent employees and is a landmark in Mumbai.

Once the building was completed in 2010, the tycoon came under fire from writer Arundhati Roy, among others, accusing him of flaunting his vast wealth to the majority of his countrymen who live in deep poverty.

Ambani organized India’s most expensive wedding for his daughter in 2018, costing $100 millionin which he sang American pop star Beyoncé.

On Wednesday night, Ambani and his wife Nita, accompanied by their son Anand and his fiancee Radhika Mershad, gave the “green light” for the events, serving a dinner to the 50,000 residents of Jamnagar, home of Reliance.

Anand Ambani, 28, who is chairman of several Reliance-owned companies, will marry 29-year-old Radhika Mersand, the daughter of an Indian industrialist, later this year.

The Ambani family is currently building a slovely complex of Hindu temples in Jamnagar, in order to celebrate their union and keep “India’s rich cultural and spiritual culture at the heart of the wedding celebrations,” the Reliance Foundation said in a post on social media.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former US president’s daughter Ivanka Trump, former prime ministers of Sweden Carl Bildt and Canada Stephen Harper, the king of Bhutan, Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are among the dignitaries invited. at the events.

Among the glamorous guests is the boss of Disney, Robert Iger. An agreement struck between Reliance Industries and Walt Disney to merge their Indian media businesses was announced on Wednesday. The agreement will create abe an $8.5 billion entertainment giant in the world’s most populous country and fifth largest global economy.