4 biggest Ambani headlines of 2021: from Mukesh’s humble childhood and Anant’s dramatic weight loss journey to Isha’s beachfront mansion, India’s richest family continues to fascinate

Dec 19 , 2021

What did we learn about the Ambanis in 2021? Photos: @nitaambaniii/Instagram, @nita_ambani77/Instagram, @irbaz234/Twitter, @akashambanii/Instagram, Handout

Mukesh Ambani may be CEO of Reliance Industries and India’s richest man now, but we learned it wasn’t always that way growing up under strict father Dhirubhai

We got a chance to see what Isha Ambani’s diamond-themed beachfront mansion in Worli looked like, and saw how Vinod Channa continued to help Anant Ambani

So 2021 was a rough year for all, but for the Ambani family it’s been smoother sailing than most. From Isha Ambani getting a US$61.2 million beachfront mansion as a wedding gift from her in-laws, to Anant Ambani getting in shape once and for all with the help of an elite personal trainer.

We also learned a few surprising things too. Like the fact that Mukesh Ambani had a tough childhood, sharing a single bedroom with nine others at one point.

These are the STYLE stories about the Ambani family that had us hooked in 2021.

1. We took a look at Isha Ambani’s US$61.2 million-diamond themed mansion

After getting married, Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal moved into a spectacular home with interiors to rival Antilia. Photo: @singhvarun/Twitter

Members of the Ambani family are not short of extravagant properties to choose from – take Mukesh Ambani’s 27-storey flat Antilia, for one. So when it came to Isha Ambani flying the family nest after she got married to Anand Piramal, everyone expected that she’d move somewhere equally lavish.

A glimpse of a luxurious, diamond themed lounge in Isha Ambani’s home. Photo: BCCL

For her wedding, her in-laws gifted her and her husband a diamond themed beachfront mansion in Worli, Mumbai, which faces the Arabian Sea. Coming with a price tag of US$61.2 million, talk about Isha and Anand living out the rest of their lives in luxury!

Here’s what else we learned about Isha Ambani’s “modest” diamond-themed mansion:

2. We revisited Mukesh Ambani’s childhood before he became one of India’s richest billionaires

Mukesh Ambani remains India’s wealthiest person. Photo: Instagram / @mukesh.ambaniii

Maintaining his position as India’s richest person for a 12th straight year and being named the richest person in Asia according to both Forbes and Bloomberg, it seems as though Mukesh Ambani has the entire world at his feet. But the truth is, it wasn’t always that way. Far from it, in fact.