Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding festivities: Who’s-who of the business world to descend in Jamnagar

EL Rothschild chair Lynn Forester de Rothschild, and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, are among the top tech leaders to attend.

The pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani in Jamnagar in early March are anticipated to be attended by a host of international business luminaries, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, and others.

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, is set to tie the knot with Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, in what is expected to be one of India's grandest weddings on July 12 in Mumbai.

Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick, Bank of America chairman Brian Thomas Moynihan, Adnoc CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, EL Rothschild chair Lynn Forester de Rothschild, and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, are among the top tech leaders to attend.

Other notable expected attendees from the business world include Lupa Systems CEO James Murdoch, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, Hillhouse Capital founder Zhang Lei, BP chief executive Murray Auchincloss, Exor CEO John Elkann, former Cisco chairman John Chambers, Brookfield Asset Management CEO Bruce Flatt, Ajit Jain, vice chairman of insurance operations at Berkshire Hathaway, and tech investor Yuri Milner.

The gathering of distinguished guests from the business world will also see Yasir Al Rumayyan, Chairperson of Saudi Aramco; Bob Dudley, Former CEO of bp; Christopher Elias, President of Global Development at BMGF; Rob L. Goldstein, COO of BlackRock; John Hegeman, VP of Monetisation at Meta; Bernard Looney, Former CEO of bp; Rachel Lord, Senior Managing Director at BlackRock APAC; Amin H Nasser, President & CEO of Aramco; Vivi Nevo, Founder of NV Investments; Javier Olivan, COO of Meta; Anuj Ranjan, Managing Partner of Brookfield; Michelle Ritter, Founder & CEO of Steel Perlot; Jure Sola, CEO of Sanmina Corp; Mark Tucker, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings Plc; Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO & MD of Mubadala; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet; Mark Carney, Chairman of Brookfield Asset Management; Joe Bae, CEO of KKR & Co.; Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO of Sony; Dr Brian Levine, Founding Partner of CCRM New York.