Sunday, July 01, 2007

Mansions and Ambani's Tower: 600 Servants?

Maya Roney, writing in Business Week, on one of the latest trends among the very rich:

In the near future, there may even be a billion-dollar home. Almost a decade after the Rennert estate debate, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is causing a stir in Mumbai, where he is building a 60-story, vertical palace that will include three floors of Babylon-inspired hanging gardens and three rooftop helipads. Ambani will reportedly spend $1 billion on the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2008. That's $1 for almost every citizen of his native India.

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