Mumbai

Gadget-Filled US$2 Billion Home Makes Bill Gates’ House Look Like a Shack

8:00AM May 3, 2008 | Sean Fallon

Mukesh Ambani, head of Mumbai-based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries, is ranked as the fifth richest man in the world with a net worth of $46 billion. Unlike billionaires like Warren Buffet who reside in modest accommodations, Ambani is going balls-out with his new home. In fact, the home he calls “Antilla” will be the world’s most expensive residence when the four-year building project is completed this January. When all is said and done, the 22-story Mumbai Tower it is based on will reach 167 metres into the sky with an absurd 400,000 square feet of interior space at a total cost of US$2 billion. So what accommodations does that kind of coin buy you?

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