アジア一の大富豪が息子の結婚パーティー、リアーナさんやザッカーバーグ氏も出席

【ジャムナガル（インド）ＡＦＰ＝時事】インド西部グジャラート州で１日、アジア一の大富豪ムケシュ・アンバニ氏（６６）が息子のために豪華な結婚パーティーを開き、歌手のリアーナさんやＳＮＳ大手メタのマーク・ザッカーバーグ最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）も出席した。（写真は、ムケシュ・アンバニ氏が息子のために開いた結婚パーティーに出席するためマーク・ザッカーバーグ氏夫妻。インド西部グジャラート州ジャムナガルで。リライアンス提供）
　アンバニ氏が息子と、製薬業界の重鎮を父に持つ婚約者のために開いた３日間のパーティーには、世界的なＩＴ企業のトップや大物財界人、ボリウッドスター、有名ポップ歌手、政治家らも出席。
　国内メディアは、リアーナさんやザッカーバーグ氏とその妻プリシラ・チャンさん、ドナルド・トランプ前米大統領の長女イヴァンカ氏らが、アンバニ氏の故郷ジャムナガルに到着した際の写真を報じている。
　昨年８月に第２子を出産したリアーナさんは１日にパフォーマンスを披露。公の場でのショーは昨年、米ナショナル・フットボール・リーグの王者決定戦、スーパーボウルのハーフタイムショー以来となった。
　放送局「インディア・トゥデー」によれば、リアーナさんの今回の出演料は最高９００万ドル（約１３億５０００万円）だという。
　アンバニ氏が会長を務めるリライアンス・インダストリーズは、時価総額で同国企業トップ。同氏は、米経済誌フォーブスの「世界長者番付」で１０位に選ばれ、純資産は１１６０億ドル（約１７兆４０００億円）以上とされる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/04-16:32）

Rihanna and Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg were in India Friday for an extravagant pre-wedding party hosted by Asia's richest man, with celebrations expected to include other globally influential figures.
Global tech bosses, industry titans, Bollywood stars, pop stars and politicians are also due for the three-day gala celebrations hosted by billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani.
This weekend's party is an elaborate pre-wedding ceremony for younger son Anant and fiancee Radhika Merchant, the daughter of wealthy pharmaceutical moguls.
Photos published by Indian media confirmed the arrival of Rihanna, Zuckerberg and the Facebook founder's wife Priscilla Chan in Ambani's hometown of Jamnagar, along with former US president Donald Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka.
Umbrella singer Rihanna, who gave birth to her second child in August, is slated to lead Friday's entertainment in her first public performance since last year's Superbowl.
Broadcaster India Today reported that the Barbadian-born musician and women's beauty entrepreneur had been offered up to $9 million to appear at the event.
Ambani, 66, is chairman of Reliance Industries -- India's biggest company by market capitalisation -- and the world's 10th-richest person, according to the Forbes billionaires list, worth more than $116 billion.
He 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 team.
Reliance's 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 India's middle class.
Ambani's family home Antilia -- a 27-floor skyscraper that reportedly cost more than $1 billion to build and has a permanent staff of 600 servants -- is one of Mumbai's most prominent landmarks.
It was criticised after its 2010 completion by author Arundhati Roy and others for starkly illustrating the wide gulf between India's business elite and its poor multitudes.
Ambani 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 perform.
Younger son Anant, 28 -- who also serves as a director on the boards of several Reliance-owned firms -- is expected to marry Merchant, 29, later this year.
The Ambanis kickstarted celebrations on Wednesday by launching a three-day feast for villagers at the Reliance Township in Jamnagar, in India's western state of Gujarat.
The Ambanis are also building a Hindu temple complex in the city to mark the wedding, the Reliance Foundation said on social media.
- Star-studded guest list -
US illusionist David Blaine is also expected to be part of the entertainment for guests, who include Microsoft founder Bill Gates and several current and former political leaders.
Also among the invitees is Disney chief Bob Iger, following a deal agreed Wednesday between Reliance Industries and Walt Disney to merge their Indian media businesses.
The merger will create an $8.5 billion entertainment giant in the world's most populous nation and fifth-largest economy.
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, cricket greats Sachin Tendulkar and M.S. Dhoni, and industry titan Gautam Adani are also invited in a who's-who of India's super-rich elite.
The main celebrations, running until Sunday, will have different themes, events and dress codes -- including a jungle fever day with a visit to an animal rescue centre run by Ambani, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.