The Youngest Son's Wedding of a Chaebol Family Attended by Lee Jae-yong... 450 Billion Won Luxury Event

The wedding of the youngest son of Asia's richest Ambani family will be held on the 12th (local time) in India. About 1,200 influential figures from the global political and business sectors, including Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, gathered for this wedding. The ceremony will last for a full three days, with estimated costs expected to reach around 100 billion KRW.

India's largest event venue for weddings, 'Gio Convention Center'
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Indian media outlet 'The Times of India' reported that the wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries India, took place on this day. According to the media, the wedding is scheduled to conclude after a total of three days.

The wedding venue is the 'Jio World Convention Center,' located in Mumbai, India, and is the largest event hall in the area. The guest list is also impressive. Political heavyweights such as former UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, as well as former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are attending.

The main figures of this wedding, Ananti Ambani (right) and Radika Merchant [Image source=Times of India capture]

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Meanwhile, CEOs of global corporations such as BP, GlaxoSmithKline, Ericsson, HP, HSBC, and Lockheed Martin were also invited. Chairman Lee was spotted attending the wedding by local media and paparazzi. In addition, world-renowned pop stars like Adele, Rihanna, and Kim Kardashian also attended the wedding.

The media explained that this wedding "follows Hindu rituals." The three-day wedding was planned entirely according to Hindu ceremonies. Furthermore, global stars from Bollywood, Hollywood, and other industries perform congratulatory shows at each event. Justin Bieber, for example, was paid $10 million (approximately 13.7 billion KRW) to sing a congratulatory song at this wedding.

Photo of Justin Bieber with the groom and bride [Image source=Instagram capture]

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The city center of Mumbai, where the ceremony is held, is already reported to have started vehicle restrictions, and guests were brought in by private jets sent directly by the Ambani family. The cost of inviting guests alone is expected to reach about 130 billion KRW, and the total wedding expenses are said to amount to 450 billion KRW.

Reliance Industries, built by the Ambani family, is India's largest company. It has entered various sectors of the Indian economy, including oil, gas, petrochemicals, telecommunications, retail, and energy, generating annual sales exceeding $100 billion. Mukesh Ambani's net worth is estimated at 166 trillion KRW according to Forbes, ranking 12th in the world and making him the richest person in Asia.

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong captured in Mumbai. [Image source=Instagram capture]

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Meanwhile, Chairman Lee is known to have had a close relationship with the Ambani family for a long time. He attended the 2019 wedding of the Ambani family's eldest son Akash wearing traditional Indian attire. In 2018, he also attended the wedding of the eldest daughter.

Samsung also maintains a cooperative relationship with Reliance Industries. 'Reliance Jio,' India's largest telecommunications company and Reliance's telecom division, uses 100% Samsung base station equipment for its LTE network across India.

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