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Celebrities from Kim and Khloe Kardashian to boxer Mike Tyson are expected to join some of the biggest names in global business at a lavish family wedding thrown by Asia\u2019s richest person, set to take place Friday in India after months of celebrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The wedding of Anant Ambani\u2014youngest son of Reliance Industries Ltd. Chairman Mukesh Ambani\u2014will be attended by luminaries from HSBC Holdings plc Chairman Mark Tucker and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Chairman Jay Lee to political heavyweights like former UK leaders Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, according to people familiar with the guest list who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
Chief executives including Saudi Aramco\u2019s Amin Nasser and BP Plc counterpart Murray Auchincloss are on the list, the people said. So are Emma Walmsley of drug giant GSK Plc, Jim Taiclet of Lockheed Martin and even FIFA President Gianni Infantino.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the CEOs of firms including Ericsson and HP Inc. are attending, some of the flashier names in tech\u2014including Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg, who was present for pre-wedding festivities\u2014don\u2019t appear on the guest list, according to the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A representative for Reliance did not offer any immediate comment on the guest list.<\/p>\n
Anant Ambani and fianc\u00e9e\u00a0Radhika Merchant<\/a>\u00a0will become man and wife at the Jio World Centre in central Mumbai, with the event set to be attended by about 1,200 guests who also include include Indian lawmakers and government ministers. Mukesh Ambani\u2019s wife Nita Ambani has curated hundreds of local dishes, Bloomberg reported earlier this week. Guest invitations, in the form of miniature temples with gold idols of Hindu gods, have gone viral on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n The gathering of the rich and famous comes as the Ambani family is engaged in a succession exercise and massive\u00a0wealth transfer<\/a>\u00a0to its heirs. The 29-year-old groom will be in charge of Reliance\u2019s fledgling green energy business, as the conglomerate diversifies beyond its fossil fuel roots. Only daughter Isha Ambani oversees the retail businesses, while Akash Ambani, the eldest son, is helming the group\u2019s digital ventures.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still, the lavish festivities are also reportedly\u00a0annoying<\/a>\u00a0some local residents and office workers: City authorities have imposed traffic restrictions from July 12 to 15 around the wedding venue, which happens to be in the heart of Mumbai\u2019s financial district. The curbs on movement around the Bandra Kurla Complex\u2014home to India\u2019s markets regulator, its biggest stock exchange and a slew of foreign banks\u2014has irked locals, with a\u00a0flurry of posts<\/a>\u00a0on X\u00a0questioning<\/a>\u00a0why the government is inconveniencing the public for a private event.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bankers in the teeming district said they planned to either work from home or other locations on Friday, setting up meetings offsite and telling visitors not to come by their offices this week. They\u2019ve also had to look for new locations for entertaining, given that most restaurants in the area will be closed from Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The wedding is taking place after 134 days of pre-celebrations that have featured visits to the family\u2019s personal zoo, a luxury cruise in Europe, a mass wedding for underprivileged couples and a musical event with Justin Bieber.<\/p>\n The stretch officially kicked off in early March, attended by high profile guests including Zuckerberg, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, BlackRock Inc. co-founder Larry Fink, Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai and Saudi Aramco\u2019s Chairman Yasir Al Rumayyan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n