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Among Mumbai’s glitziest society events over the past year were two weddings in the family of Mukesh Ambani , the tycoon who in 2018 became Asia’s richest person. In December, his 27-year-old daughter Isha got married in a Bollywood-style extravaganza attended by global power brokers and titans of finance. Beyonce sang at the festivities, Hillary Clinton flew in and KKR & Co.’s Henry Kravis made an appearance. In March, her twin brother Akash wed in a ceremony attended by the likes of Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai. The lavish events put Ambani’s eldest children in a very public spotlight at a time when they are playing more visible roles at his Reliance Industries Ltd.’s retail and telecommunications businesses. Ambani, 62, has big ambitions in new areas like e-commerce and is enlisting his children to help drive the modernization of his empire. The rise of the twins offers early signs of the efforts the titan is making to groom his heirs. The billionaire

After celebrating the grand pre-wedding functions of Isha Ambani in Udaipur, Bollywood stars returned to Mumbai today. Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Ayan Mukherji were snapped at the Udaipur airport earlier this morning. The Ambani and Piramal families hosted their friends and family in the city. The pre-wedding function last night saw performances by SRK, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar and more. Apart from a host of Bollywood celebrities, former United States First Lady Hillary Clinton and singer Beyonce were among the high-profile attendees at the celebrations in Udaipur. Isha, the daughter of business tycoons Mukesh and Nita Ambani, and Anand Piramal, the son of Swati and Ajay Piramal -- founder of Piramal Realty, a leading real estate firm in India, will tie the knot on December 12 in Mumbai. Read More Business Standard