Mukesh Ambani's housewarming in November

Updated: October 22, 2010 18:01 IST

Soaring high at the heart of India's financial capital Mumbai is Antilla, the new home of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. It is estimated to cost around a billion dollar.

Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
RIL chief Mukesh Ambani's new home is estimated to have been built at a cost of nearly $1 billion and it is said to be the most expensive house in the world.
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Soaring high at the heart of India's financial capital Mumbai is Antilia, the new home of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. It is estimated to cost around a billion dollar. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Antilia is home to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani – the richest Indian in the world, with a net worth of $27 billion, according to the Forbes India Rich List. The magazine has also predicted that Mukesh Ambani would be the world's richest man by 2014. 52-year-old Ambani has interests in a range of sectors from petrochemicals and textiles to retail. Recently his company has decided to enter into hotels, power, telecom and shale gas projects. In his words, RIL is ready for a "big surge forward" and will use its strong finances for "inorganic" growth and new ventures. (Phot: AP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
The 27-storey building is located in the expensive Mumbai suburb of Malabar Hill and has underground parking for 160 cars, and requires some 600 staff to run. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
The building contains a health club, dance studio, a ballroom, a 50-seat cinema and a 160-car underground parking garage. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Up at the top of the building are three helicopter pads. The 53-year-old oil and gas magnate will reportedly live in the home with his wife and three children. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Another view of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's new home Antilia. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
To build this custom home, architecture firms Perkins Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates, the designers behind the Mandarin Oriental, based in Dallas and Los Angeles, have been consulted. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
A security staff stands at the entrance of the twenty-seven storey Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Forbes Magazine has said that Ambani began work on this home years ago when "he was worth $43 billion." "Now fully constructed, it's the most ever spent on a home that we know of. In June the world's richest man, telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim Helu paid $44 million for an Upper East Side Beaux Arts town house. One could interpret the two tycoons' recent moves as a billionaire version of keeping-up-with-the-Joneses," it added. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Labourers work on a portion of the twenty-seven storey Antilia. (Photo: AFP)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
Some 600 staff are required to maintain the home. (AFP Photo)
Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November
A worker checks his mobile phone while waiting fot marblestone to be unloaded from his truck at the entrance of the twenty-seven storey Antilia. (Photo: AFP)

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