Yes,you read right, 2 BILLION DOLLARS. While most of us can only literally dream of our “dream home” Mukesh Ambani has gone ahead and built himself a $2 billion mansion at the plush Altamount Road in Mumbai. This makes it the world’s richest, according to Forbes. A distant second on the list is the penthouse at Pierre Hotel ,New York, worth a what now seems a mere $70 million. Of course, the money being spent by Mukesh is a drop in the ocean compared to his $43 bn net-worth. He is the richest Indian resident and he clearly is leaving no stone unturned in living up to that title.

The end-product will stand tall at 550 feet(equivalent of a 60-storeyed building). The interiors, an approximate 4,00,000 sq ft, will be custom made to the utmost top quality.Each of the 27-floors will have its own distinct decoration and style. Repetition, apparently, was something Mukesh’s wife Nita was strictly averse to. Atop 6 floors of parking sits a grand lobby with 9 lifts. The skyscraper named Antilla, will feature a grand ballroom, cinema a four-storeyed landscaped garden, three-storeyed gymnasium,two floors of glass fronted apartments for guests and an air space floor which will act as a control room for helicopters landing on the helipad above. Phew.That is indeed a lot. To add to all that ,the top floor will be a relaxation space for friends and family with a panaromic view of the Arabian Sea. Now this is what I call living the “High” life.

I see no point in getting jealous,when I cant even afford a house 1/1000th its value. The only person who can probably afford to go green with envy is Mukesh’s brother Anil who is worth a whopping, but very close, 42 billion dollars 😉