Friday photo: “A deluxe apartment in Mumbai”

The twenty-seven storey Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, is seen in Mumbai on October 19, 2010. The 400,000 square foot residence, named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, is expected to be occupied by Ambani, his wife and three children later in the year. The building has three helicopter ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE
AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE
AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE

The twenty-seven storey Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, is seen in Mumbai on October 19, 2010. The 400,000 square foot residence, named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, is expected to be occupied by Ambani, his wife and three children later in the year. The building has three helicopter pads, underground parking for 160 cars, and requires some 600 staff to run.

The twenty-seven storey Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, is seen in Mumbai on October 19, 2010. The 400,000 square foot residence, named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, is expected to be occupied by Ambani, his wife and three children later in the year. The building has three helicopter pads, underground parking for 160 cars, and requires some 600 staff to run.

 

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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