When it comes to lavishing their kids with gifts, Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani leave no stone unturned. As the richest individual in India and eleventh richest in the world, Mukesh Ambani has a pool of wealth to distribute among his children—twins Akash and Isha Ambani, and his younger son Anant Ambani. The powerful couple recently splurged an approximate Rs 1259 crore on the pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant—which included paying global icon Rihanna between Rs 66-74 crore to perform a set—and are all set to dish out double the amount for the actual wedding in July.
Over the years, the Ambani family has expanded to include Isha’s husband Anand Piramal, the Executive Director of the Piramal Group, diamond heiress Shloka Mehta, whom Akash married in 2019, and now Radhika, who serves as the Director of Encore Healthcare.
With each union, Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani have been generous in their gift-giving; showering their growing kin with a series of ridiculously expensive gifts that have set the bar for billionaire parents across the world.
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani’s ridiculously expensive gifts to their children include a Rs 640 crore villa in Dubai, a Rs 4.5 crore Bentley Continental GTC Speed & more
In April 2022, Mukesh Ambani purchased a sprawling beach-side villa on Palm Jumeirah, one of Dubai’s poshest neighbourhoods, for his youngest son Anant. The lavish property, which is spread across 3,000 square feet and includes 10 bedrooms and a 70-metres private beach, cost the business tycoon a staggering Rs 640 crore, according to News18. This was also reported as Dubai’s second-biggest residential property deal, Hindustan Times reports.
When Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta tied the knot in 2019, Nita Ambani gifted her new daughter-in-law with an incredible gift — the Mouawad L’Incomparable, a Rs 451 crore necklace with 91 diamonds, which holds the record of being the most valuable necklace in the world. The Mouawad L’Incomparable features a flawless 407.48-carat yellow diamond that is suspended gracefully from a 229.52-carat white diamond necklace which, in turn, is intertwined by 18-karat rose gold branchlets. Talk about setting MIL goals!
The Ambanis have already shelled out over Rs 1259 crores for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding festivities, with the main event taking place in July. Back when the couple got engaged in 2023, Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani gifted them a striking Bentley Continental GTC Speed worth around Rs 4.5 crore. The luxury car comes with the highest specs; being powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 engine and is reportedly capable of going from 0-60 mph in just 3.6 seconds.
When Radhika Merchant attended Mukesh Ambani’s niece, Isheta Salgaocar’s cocktail bash in July 2022, she drew eyes to the stunning pearl and diamond choker she had donned; an elegant piece seen on Nita Ambani at Sonam Kapoor’s wedding reception. While the exact price of this unique design is undisclosed, one can only guess that it was a precious gift that Nita Ambani bestowed upon her future daughter-in-law.
Isha Ambani’s wedding to Piramal Group’s Anand Piramal in 2018 was touted as one of the most expensive weddings in the world. The Ambanis reportedly spent about $100 million (approximately Rs 830 crore) on the same, with the wedding invitation card costing about Rs 3 lakh per piece. Aside from this, they spent about $4 - 6 million (approximately Rs 33 - 50 crore) to get one of the world’s top artists, Beyoncé, to perform at the wedding, which was attended by a galaxy of celebrities and leading personalities like Priyanka Chopra, Hillary Clinton, Shah Rukh Khan and more.