穆凱什•安巴尼取代蓋茨成世界首富
He is the new richest man in the world - and his latest home will leave no one in any doubt.
Ambani: The £31billion man who has overtaken Bill Gates in the rich list
He is the new richest man in the world - and his latest home will leave no one in any doubt.
Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani yesterday jumped above Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, and their short-lived successor, Mexican Carlos Slim Helu, at the top of the rich tree as his personal fortune was put at nearly £31billion.
In keeping with his new-found status, it emerged that the 49-year-old plans to build possibly the most outrageous home in the world.
His mansion in Bombay will be 60 storeys tall, but will only have 27 floors to allow for super-high ceilings on the floors occupied by himself, wife Nita, and their three children.
There will be accommodation for 600 personal servants and staff.
Mr Ambani runs Reliance Industries, India's second-largest firm. The oil, textiles and chemicals giant was founded by his father, Dhirubhai, who started work as a petrol pump attendant.
His new pad will also include a helipad, health club, hanging gardens and six floors of car parking.
Construction has already started on what will eventually be a 175m tower and planners are aiming to complete it by September next year.
The building, already worth £500 million, could start a rush on skyscrapers.
Earlier this year, Mr Ambani was rated as the richest resident Indian with a net worth of US$20.1 billion.
He came 14th in Forbes' 2007 worldwide rankings.
他是世界上最富有的人——他的最新豪宅會消除所有人的疑問。
昨天，印度大亨穆凱什•安巴尼以將近310億英鎊的個人資產超越了比爾•蓋茨、沃倫•巴菲特和代替他們沒多久的墨西哥人卡洛斯•斯利姆•埃盧，一躍成爲世界首富。
爲了與這個新的身份相稱，據說這位49歲的首富打算建造世界上最豪華的官邸。
這個坐落在孟買的官邸將有60層樓高，但卻只有27層，層高超高，僅供他和妻子尼特以及三個孩子居住。
這座豪華官邸將可容納600個僕人和工作人員居住。
安巴尼目前經營印度第二大公司——信實工業。這個經營石油、紡織品和化學品的集團由他的父親迪魯拜一手創建，而他最開始工作的時候只是一個加油泵服務生。
這座新官邸中還設有直升機降落場、健身俱樂部、空中花園和6層停車場。
這棟高達175米的城堡已經動工，設計者計劃在明年9月之前完工。
這個已經價值5億英鎊的建築可能會引發人們建造摩天大樓的熱潮。
今年早些時候，安巴尼以201億美元的淨資產被評爲印度首富。
他在2007年福布斯全球富豪榜中位居第14位。
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