Asia's richest man takes global rich to the zoo

Top global celebrities will don jungle fever outfits in India for a trip to the zoo on Saturday as part of a party thrown by Asias richest manPop icon Rihanna Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trumps daughter Ivanka are among the rich and famous guests who jetted in for a threeday gala celebration hosted by billionaire tycoon Mukesh AmbaniThis weekends party is an elaborate prewedding ceremony for younger son Anant and fiancee Radhika Merchant the daughter of wealthy pharmaceutical mogulsThe threeday gala which saw Umbrella singer Rihanna perform on Friday for the first time since last years Superbowl will continue Saturday with a trip to an animal rescue centre housing exotic animalsThe facility is a pet project of Anants built in his familys hometown Jamnagar in western Gujarat state where the weekend party is taking placeIndian media reports said the family will on Saturday host a Walk on the Wildside an event held outdoors in the Ambanis animal rescue centreJungle fever is the suggested dress code and guests have been advised to wear comfortable shoes and clothing reports saidIn the evening reports added guests will ditch their safarithemed outfits for more elegant wear for an evening party celebrating Indian cultureMukesh Ambani 66 is chairman of Reliance Industries Indias biggest company by market capitalisation and the worlds 10thrichest person according to the Forbes billionaires list worth more than 116 billionHe inherited a thriving industrial enterprise spanning oil gas and petrochemicals from his father and grew it into a commercial behemoth with lucrative interests in retail telecommunications and an Indian Premier League cricket teamReliances partnerships with storied fashion brands such as Burberry Armani and Jimmy Choo have helped the conglomerate cater to the growing appetite for luxury goods among Indias middle classAmbanis family home a 27floor skyscraper dubbed Antilia that reportedly cost more than 1 billion to build and has a permanent staff of 600 servants is one of Mumbais most prominent landmarksIt was criticised after its 2010 completion by author Arundhati Roy and others for starkly illustrating the wide gulf between Indias business elite and its poor multitudesAmbani held the most expensive wedding in India to date for his daughter in 2018 which reportedly cost 100 million and saw US pop megastar Beyonce performYounger son Anant 28 who also serves as a director on the boards of several Relianceowned firms is expected to marry Merchant 29 later this yearThis time around the guest list includes Disney chief Bob Iger following a deal agreed Wednesday between Reliance Industries and Walt Disney to merge their Indian media businessesThe merger will create an 85 billion entertainment giant in the worlds most populous nation and fifthlargest economyBollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni and industry titan Gautam Adani are also invited in a whoswho of Indias superrichWith inputs from AFP