MUMBAI (Globe and Mail - Reuters), November 2, 2007:
India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has bought his wife a luxury jet with entertainment cabins, a sky bar and fancy showers for her birthday, MUMBAI MIRROR reported Friday.
Mr. Ambani, who owns the country's biggest private company, Reliance Industries Ltd, gifted the $60 million Airbus plane to wife Neeta on her 44th birthday on Thursday, the newspaper said.
The jet is custom-fitted with an office and a cabin with game consoles, music systems, satellite television and wireless communication, the report said. It also has a master bedroom, a bathroom with a range of showers and a bar with mood lighting. Airbus sources had confirmed the sale and the jet had arrived at New Delhi's airport and would be brought to Mumbai soon.
Mukesh Ambani is building a $1-billion home in India's financial capital of Mumbai, considered to be one of the world's most expensive houses, local media reports have said. The 27-storey home - for a family of six - with a helipad, health club and six floors for car parking and 600 staff, has awed India's rich.
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