Richest man in India builds a 27 story, 1 billion dollar house

[Atreides]

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ndia's richest man Mukesh Ambani moves into £630m home
The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai which is 27 storeys high and worth £630m.


By Laura Roberts
Published: 10:56AM BST 14 Oct 2010
India's richest man Mukesh Ambani moves into £630m home
Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai which is 27 storeys high and worth £630m Photo: CORBIS/AP

Ambani, his wife and three children have moved into the building which is named Antilia, after a mythical Island. It contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one studio, a ballroom, guestrooms and a range of lounges and a 50 seater cinema.

There is even an elevated garden with ceiling space to accommodate small trees.

The roof has three helicopter pads and there is also underground parking for 160 cars, which will come in handy for guests at Ambani's forthcoming housewarming party.

From the top floors of the 173m high property are spectacular views of Mumbai and of the Arabian Sea.

The 53 year-old tycoon is not only the richest man in India but the fourth richest man in the world. In total there is reported to be 37,000 square metres of space, which is more than the Palace of Versailles.

To keep it running smoothly requires 600 staff.

According to Forbes magazine Ambani, who owns much of Reliance Industries, the oil, retail and biotechnologies conglomerate, is worth £18bn. He used to help run the company before falling out with his brother.

The glass, steel and tiles used to make the building are reported to be from local sources.

Ambani does not appear to be influenced by calls by the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, for business leaders to be "role models of moderation".

holy shit that is fucking crazy, how much do you think it costs to run that shit per day? Being rich in america seems like a stupid idea, you should just make lots of money here and move to some third world country so you can live like a king >_>

[Omnipotent]

That place can hold alot of customer service reps.

[Atreides]

it probably does have its own call center lol

[Celeste]

I for one support the ugly 27 story house.

[Eliseos]

For a billion bux it looks really fucking cheap.

[Silenka]

Good god why is it so ugly? He sure didn't get rich in an aesthetics-based career I hope

[Atreides]

is it sad that I was like "I wonder how I can build this in minecraft"?

[Cleverness]

That shit does look really ugly, just seems like they took several other buildings and just stacked them up Jenga style. Still kinda crazy though reading everything he has in there and the number of staff you need to pay to keep it running.

[Flarega]

Should've paid an architect.

[Celeste]

For a billion bux it looks really fucking cheap.

Isn't India all about cheaper wages for workers? I guess it can be applied to workmanship and materials too.

[vagus]

When you ball, you ball.

[Kaisha]

How long before an article followup of it falling over? Call me a cynic, but I wouldn't trust all those vertical/angled support beams on the right side on a building that tall.

[Ohemgee]

Fuck Indian girls.

They need to learn how to fuck.

[Jaybar]

ITT: Architects and Structural Engineers.

[Elvis]

indian batman?

looks fucking horrible and i was expecting an obligatory octopus-baby pic

ive seen some pimped out indian homes in the states, much better taste. dunno wtf is going on over there.

[Cleverness]

ITT: Architects and Structural Engineers.

Don't have to be an architect to point out that this shit looks like he bought several building and placed them on top of each other, I dunno if maybe this type of structure is common or acceptable for that region but by my standards it looks ridiculous. But I guess when you spend almost a billion dollars on 1 building looks really don't matter, cause it cost more than most houses in most cities.

[Silenka]

But I guess when you spend almost a billion dollars on 1 building looks really don't matter, cause it cost more than most cities.

ftfy

[Plow]

Wow all I could think was I hope it's not done yet when I saw the pics... wtf.

I rofl'd @ the last line tho.

[AoE]

Fuck Indian girls.

They need to learn how to fuck.

This was one of my goals in life but it sounds like I'm in for some disappointment.

[*Shinzon*]

It looks as shitty as the buildings around it. Meaning he probably used an Indian architecht to build it instead of a foreigner who might have had a better design. Hows that for moderation.

This was one of my goals in life but it sounds like I'm in for some disappointment.

Priya Rai or bust?