Although the party has ended, the world is still paying attention to the family of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani after they successfully organized a pre-wedding celebration for their youngest son Anant Ambani. With the scale and grandeur of the 3-day party, the public was once again amazed at the wealth of the Ambani family, which is already famous for its lavish lifestyle.
Members of the Ambani family have all become the center of discussion. Among them, one cannot help but mention the noble lady Nita Ambani.
Female dancer gets "10 points" from father-in-law
Few people know that the wife of Asia's number one billionaire used to be a Bharatnatyam dancer (a traditional Indian dance). She comes from a middle-class family in India. Her simple habits and way of dressing make her even more pure in the eyes of the rich.
Normally, the rich are often picky about their in-laws, who must be of the same social class to be "well-matched", but Nita's relationship with billionaire Mukesh is completely the opposite.
Nita's mother was a dance teacher, so she inherited her talent from her mother. At the age of 22, she gradually achieved success on the path to becoming a professional dancer. At that time, she had the opportunity to perform for a businessman named Dhirubhai Ambani.
With just a glance, Mr. Dhirubhai knew that he had "found a future wife for his son". Because he liked the simple yet beautiful and charismatic girl, Mr. Dhirubhai decided that this was the "ideal daughter-in-law" and personally tried to contact Nita.
He introduced his eldest son, now billionaire Mukesh, who had just returned from college in the US and was looking for a girlfriend.
At that time, Nita found it very funny and had no intention of agreeing, but as a billionaire, Mr. Dhirubhai was very patient, repeatedly persuaded, and spoke sincerely. This made Mrs. Nita relent and agree to meet.
After just seven dates, Mr. Mukesh proposed to Nita.
Life in luxury
To date, billionaire Mukesh and his wife have been together for more than 30 years. Despite the long time, the couple's steadfast love remains as intact as the first day.
Although she started out as a dancer and the daughter of a middle-class family, Nita soon proved to the world her father-in-law's eye for people.
She always supported and helped her husband in his work, thanks to which the company's business continued to flourish. As of 2021, billionaire Mukesh's wife had a net worth of up to 100 billion USD.
According to Sohu, Mrs. Nita never uses a designer handbag twice. She also never wears the same pair of shoes twice. The collection of designer fashion items and accessories of the billionaire's wife is countless. The lipstick collection of the wife of Asia's richest billionaire is also up to 50,000 USD (1.2 billion VND), including silver-plated lipstick.
The most impressive asset that Mrs. Nita owns is probably the magnificent 27-storey building that is likened to a 5-star hotel.
The building, named "Antilia Mansion", has 27 floors, with an area of up to 400,000m2, estimated value of more than 2 billion USD (nearly 50,000 billion VND). The mansion has full luxury amenities such as 3 airports, 1 ski resort, garage for 168 cars...
In addition to the luxurious mansion, billionaire Mukesh also gave his wife a lot of exquisite jewelry. In particular, in her recent appearance at her youngest son's pre-wedding party, Mrs. Nita proved to the world her extravagance with a jewelry set worth no less than 2,000 billion VND.
On the final day of the reception, Nita wore a necklace with two giant emeralds. According to Financial Express, the necklace cost 5 billion Rupees (nearly 1,500 billion VND). Not to mention diamond earrings, a rather large solitaire ring and a bracelet set decorated with diamonds and emeralds.
Mrs. Nita at her youngest son's pre-wedding party.
Mrs. Nita Ambani chose a handwoven Kanchipuram saree, expertly tailored by renowned designer Manish Malhotra.
Women of influence
After getting married, Nita did not stay at home and accepted to be supported by her husband. After working as a teacher for 3 years, she went out to do charity work, ran schools and created a series of industries, contributing a lot to civilization and improving the status of Indian women.
She even founded the first newspaper for the blind in India, and built a 400-bed hospital and a university.
In 1997, when billionaire Mukesh was building the world's largest oil refinery, Nita was tasked with building a town for the plant: a town that could accommodate 4,800 employees and their families, including hospitals, schools, shopping malls, entertainment venues...
Thanks to her determination, hard work and experience, Nita is known as "The First Lady of Indian Business".
According to CNN, Ms. Nita is described as an "educator, philanthropist, businesswoman" with extensive experience in promoting sports and arts in India. She is the owner of the Mumbai Indians, a cricket team in the extremely popular Indian Premier League (IPL).
In 2023, she founded the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in Mumbai. She is also a member of the International Olympic Committee and an honorary trustee of the Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In particular, she has contributed a lot of voice and effort to the issue of women's rights. "I have never differentiated between Isha, Akash and Anant. Whatever my sons can do, my daughters can do too," Nita Ambani said in 2023 in a rare television interview when asked about promoting women in Indian businesses.
“All of our young girls are breaking, shattering glass ceilings, so give them a chance and they will shine,” she said.
The representation of women on corporate boards in India has improved over the past decade. Nearly 95% of the 500 companies listed on the Indian Stock Exchange had at least one woman on their board in 2022, up from 69% in 2017, according to a report by consulting firm EY.
"However, less than 5% of companies have a female chair, so there is still room for improvement," EY's 2022 report said.
With her recent new title, Nita Ambani has become the most powerful woman in the Indian entertainment and media industry.
Source: Sohu, CNN
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