NEW DELHI (AP) — In March, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani threw a three-day prenuptial bash for his son that included a 1,200-person visitor listing, together with former world leaders, tech tycoons and Bollywood’s megastars, and a efficiency by famend singer Rihanna.It was solely the beginning of their months-long lavish pre-wedding celebrations which have grabbed headlines and set off a social media frenzy.In Could, the household took company on a 3-day pre-wedding cruise from Italy to France, which included a DJ set from David Guetta, Katy Perry belting out her hit music “Firework” and a efficiency by Pitbull to cap it off, in accordance with media reviews.Lastly, the marriage is ready for subsequent week, with Anant Ambani, 29, marrying his longtime girlfriend, Radhika Service provider, in what many have dubbed the marriage of the yr.Right here’s what we all know:Who’re the Ambanis?The daddy of the groom is Mukesh Ambani, 66, at the moment the world’s ninth richest man with a internet value of $116 billion, in accordance with Forbes. He’s additionally the richest individual in Asia.His Reliance Industries is an enormous conglomerate, reporting over $100 billion in annual income, with pursuits starting from petrochemicals, and oil and gasoline to telecoms and retail.The Ambani household owns, amongst different belongings, a 27-story non-public house constructing, named Antila, value $1 billion in Mumbai. It has three helipads, a 160-car storage, a personal movie show, a swimming pool, and a health middle.Ambani’s critics say his firm has flourished primarily due to political connections throughout the Congress governments within the Nineteen Seventies and 80s and subsequently beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule after 2014. They are saying “crony capitalism” in India has helped sure firms, similar to Ambani’s, thrive.The household patriarch has began passing the torch to his two sons and daughter. The oldest son, Akash Ambani, is now chairperson of Reliance Jio, their telecoms enterprise; his daughter, Isha, oversees retail, whereas the groom Anant, the youngest, has been inducted into the brand new power enterprise.Who’re the bride and groom?Anant has a bachelor’s diploma from Brown College, in accordance with Reliance Industries’ web site, and oversees the conglomerate’s renewable and inexperienced power enlargement.He additionally runs a 3,000-acre (almost 1,200-hectare) animal rescue middle referred to as Vantara in Gujarat state’s Jamnagar, the household’s hometown the place company in March spent days celebrating within the extravagant pre-wedding occasion.The bride, Radhika Service provider, 29, is the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon Viren Service provider and is the advertising and marketing director for his firm, Encore Healthcare, in accordance with Vogue.She advised the journal that the 2 had been launched via mutual associates in 2017. “That first assembly simply sparked one thing particular between us, and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than we began courting,” she stated.When’s the marriage and what’s anticipated?The principle marriage ceremony ceremony is ready for July 12, adopted by a grand reception on July 14, in accordance with native media. Celebrations are anticipated to be cut up between the Ambani’s Jio World Conference Middle in Mumbai metropolis and their household residence.The dates had been reportedly chosen primarily based on the couple’s delivery charts, as is typical in Hindu customized, and deemed auspicious. Additionally retaining with custom, the marriage will probably be preceded by days of conventional marriage ceremony occasions and rituals.On Friday, Indian social media was abuzz with movies from the couple’s sangeet, a ceremony the place the bride and groom’s households carry out dances for the company. It additionally included performances by Bollywood stars like Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh and Salman Khan in addition to Justin Bieber, who flew to Mumbai for the occasion, in accordance with native media.The household additionally organized a mass marriage ceremony for greater than 50 underprivileged {couples} final week, as a part of the pre-wedding celebrations.Extravagant events are the Ambanis’ specialty and subsequent week’s occasions are anticipated to attract extra celebrities, billionaires and world leaders.In March for the pre-wedding bash, the visitor listing included Invoice Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, former leaders of Canada and Qatar in addition to Bollywood’s A-list stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. Along with Rihanna, Akon and Diljit Dosanjh, a Punjabi singer who shot to worldwide fame when he carried out at Coachella, additionally took the stage.In 2018, when his daughter married, Ambani made the headlines due to the grand celebrations, with pop sensation Beyoncé performing on the pre-wedding festivities. On the time, former U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry had been amongst those that rubbed shoulders with Indian celebrities and Bollywood stars within the western Indian metropolis of Udaipur.