Beyoncé live as wedding entertainment, Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas, Hillary Clinton as guests: meet the Ambanis, Asia’s richest family

With an estimated net worth of US$66 billion, Mukesh Ambani is the first Asian billionaire to make Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s 10 richest people

For an idea of the Ambanis’ wealth and heft, Beyoncé performed at a multimillion-dollar family wedding in 2018, while Tony Blair attended another in 2019

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) greets the country’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. The family is hugely wealthy and well connected. Photo: Sam Panthaky/AFP

Published: 2:15pm, 8 Jul 2020Updated: 3:24pm, 8 Jul 2020

The list of the world’s top 10 richest people recently included the first member from Asia, Fortune reported: Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India, is now the ninth richest person in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Ambani is worth an estimated US$66.1 billion.

He is the owner and chairman of Reliance Industries, a massive conglomerate that includes telecom arm Jio Platforms, which has been thriving because of a “flurry” of recent investments, Fortune reported. In April, Facebook announced it was investing US$5.7 billion in Jio.

The Ambanis made international headlines in 2018 for throwing one of the most lavish wedding celebrations in recent memory, which included a private Beyoncé concert and celebrity guests such as Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Hillary Clinton, and Arianna Huffington. The Ambani family home in Mumbai is a 27-storey skyscraper that cost an estimated US$1 billion to build.

Here’s a look at the Ambani family’s fortune, relationships, friends, and lavish lifestyles.

The Ambani residence in Mumbai. Photo: @through_photographers_eye/Instagram

The Ambani family in India has been described as Asia’s richest family by Forbes.