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Ambani: The ￡31billion man who has overtaken Bill Gates in the rich list
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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.
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(Agencies)
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他是世界上最富有的人——他的最新豪宅會(huì)消除所有人的疑問(wèn)。
昨天，印度大亨穆凱什•安巴尼以將近310億英鎊的個(gè)人資產(chǎn)超越了比爾•蓋茨、沃倫•巴菲特和代替他們沒(méi)多久的墨西哥人卡洛斯•斯利姆•埃盧，一躍成為世界首富。
為了與這個(gè)新的身份相稱(chēng)，據(jù)說(shuō)這位49歲的首富打算建造世界上最豪華的官邸。
這個(gè)坐落在孟買(mǎi)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(gè)孩子居住。
這座豪華官邸將可容納600個(gè)仆人和工作人員居住。
安巴尼目前經(jīng)營(yíng)印度第二大公司——信實(shí)工業(yè)。這個(gè)經(jīng)營(yíng)石油、紡織品和化學(xué)品的集團(tuán)由他的父親迪魯拜一手創(chuàng)建，而他最開(kāi)始工作的時(shí)候只是一個(gè)加油泵服務(wù)生。
這座新官邸中還設(shè)有直升機(jī)降落場(chǎng)、健身俱樂(lè)部、空中花園和6層停車(chē)場(chǎng)。
這棟高達(dá)175米的城堡已經(jīng)動(dòng)工，設(shè)計(jì)者計(jì)劃在明年9月之前完工。
這個(gè)已經(jīng)價(jià)值5億英鎊的建筑可能會(huì)引發(fā)人們建造摩天大樓的熱潮。
今年早些時(shí)候，安巴尼以201億美元的凈資產(chǎn)被評(píng)為印度首富。
他在2007年福布斯全球富豪榜中位居第14位。
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Linda 編輯）
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