Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries buys Britain’s Stoke Park estate for US$79 million

The latest marquee acquisition for Ambani’s retail-to-refining conglomerate marks its pivot toward consumer offerings

The property’s 49 luxury bedrooms and suites, 27-hole championship golf course and 13 tennis courts attract wealthy tourists from across the world

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Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Photo: Reuters

Published: 4:08pm, 23 Apr 2021Updated: 4:08pm, 23 Apr 2021

Reliance Industries Ltd., controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, bought Stoke Park Ltd. for US$79 million, adding an iconic locale that’s been the setting for two James Bond films to its portfolio of tourism properties.

A wholly owned unit of Reliance Industries will buy Stoke Park, which owns and manages a hotel, sports and leisure facilities in Buckinghamshire, for 57 million pounds (US$79 million), said an exchange filing late on Thursday.

The acquisition will add to Reliance’s consumer and hospitality assets, the filing said.

The property’s rolling golf course has been famous since James Bond played a game with Auric Goldfinger there in the 1964 blockbuster.

Since then, the estate with the Georgian-era mansion set in the midst of 300 acres of parkland has also been a backdrop in productions like Bridget Jones’s Diary and Netflix’s British royal family drama The Crown.