15 Oktober 2010

World’s first $1billion pad

I have the tower ... Mukesh Ambani's $1billion pad
I have the tower ... Mukesh Ambani's
$1bn pad, pictured under construction

WELCOME to the first $1billion pad - the new home of India's richest man.

Industrialist Mukesh Ambani, 53, is set to move into the 27-storey palace with wife Nita and three kids in days.

Flash ... ballroom's a sea of chandeliers
Flash ... ballroom's a sea of chandeliers

The 570ft Mumbai tower has three helipads, 50-seat cinema, health club and ballroom. Named Antilia after a mythical island, it took seven years to build amid the city's slums.

Life is suite ... the grand living quarters
Life is suite ... the grand living quarters

Guests stay mid-tower - above a tree-lined garden that absorbs sunlight to cool the interior.

The skyscraper has a whopping five football pitches of floor space.

Rich ... Mukesh Ambani
Rich ... Mukesh Ambani

Its 600 staff are housed on two floors, while the bottom six storeys provide parking for 168 cars and an in-house garage.

The top four levels, with sea views, are family quarters.

The pad cost £44million to build but is now worth 15 times that. Ambani, who made his £18billion fortune in oil, retail and biotechnology, even found space to move in a VIP guest - mum Kokilaben.

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