The 2021 Hurun Rich List announced the top 10 richest people in India, and the first place is Mukesh Ambani from India's Chengxin Industries Group.
His personal fortune reached $84.5 billion, and he also won the crown of Asia's richest man, ranking 11th in the world, $18 billion more than China's richest man.
What makes everyone talk about is not Mukesh's net worth of nearly 100 billion US dollars, but his love for his wife Nita. As a rich second generation, he couldn't extricate himself when he saw Nita for the first time, and he was worried that his middle caste would be looked down upon by the other party.
So, what's the story? Let's talk about it today.
Indian girls are favored by their parents and are favored by wealthy businessmen because of their high caste
As we all know, India is a country with a very strong preference for sons, with a population of 1.4 billion people and extremely unequal gender ratios.
Many families consider giving birth to a daughter to be a burden on the family and need to bear a huge dowry, so India has also become the country with the highest number of female baby deaths.
There are exceptions to everything, and Nita has been pampered by her parents since she was a girl. She was born in 1963 in Mumbai, India, to a middle-class family where her father was a top executive in a large Indian company and her mother was a dancer.
These two are also fierce children, including Nita, who gave birth to a total of 11 children, all of whom are daughters.
Despite the large number of children, parents gave love to each daughter as equally as possible, and Nita grew up in a warm environment full of love and affection.
Influenced by her mother, she was very enthusiastic about dancing, and her mother taught her to dance the Bharata dance. This dance is sacred in the eyes of Indians and is one of the noblest dances in the region and is considered a representative of Indian culture.
In addition to developing interests, Nita also had good Xi grades, and graduated from high school and was successfully admitted to university, but did not choose a dance major in college, but studied business.
Even in some high-caste families, it is not easy for girls to go to university, and it can be seen from here that Nita is by no means a vase in the eyes of everyone, and she has real skills.
Of course, she did not give up her love of dancing in college, and when she graduated, she became a well-known Bharata dancer.
Nita then joined a local elementary school as a teacher, and continued to dance in addition to teaching. The man is married and the woman is married, seeing that when she reaches the age of marriage, the parents are also worried about their daughter's personal problems, but they didn't expect that the wealth of the sky is already on the way.
Once, several wealthy businessmen from India came to visit Nita's school, and in order to organize a theatrical performance in order to be able to get some sponsor schools, Nita danced her best Bharata dance on the stage.
The graceful figure made all the audience applaud, and one of them paid special attention to her, and the rich man named Drubhai Ambani paid special attention to her.
At the time, he was worth tens of billions of dollars and was in charge of India's largest private company, which was involved in a variety of industries including telecommunications, oil and gas, finance, and technology.
Drubhai Ambani already has a wife, and the reason why he favors Nita is to match his son, whose eldest son is Mukesh Ambani, who later became the richest man in India.
After the performance, Drubai first inquired about Nita's personal situation, and was overjoyed to learn that the other party belonged to the Brahmin high caste, and soon asked for the other party's contact information, happy like a 200-pound child.
As soon as he returned home, Drubhai called Mukesh in front of him and urged him to contact Nita quickly, for fear that his prospective daughter-in-law would run away.
At a party, Drubhai invited Nita and her family to attend, and it was at this banquet that Nita and her eldest son were introduced.
The rich second generation only dates seven times and proposes to the woman, and the high-caste girl crosses the class
As a rich second-generation, Mukesh looks ordinary, looks very honest, and fell in love with the young and beautiful Nita at first sight, and immediately began to pursue it.
Who knew that Nita didn't agree, feeling that the gap between the family backgrounds of the two was too big, and marrying into a wealthy family might not necessarily lead to happiness.
Nita's parents are also not optimistic about this family business, and they are worried that the rich second generation will hurt their daughter in the end on a whim.
Mukesh invited Nita out on a date many times, but the latter did not agree at first, and Druby, who couldn't stand it, went directly to the court and taught his son the experience of chasing girls.
After his father's guidance, Mukesh can be regarded as enlightened, first called Nita to enhance understanding in this way, and after several calls, he asked Nita again for a date, and the other party hesitated again and finally chose to agree.
After that, the relationship between the two went surprisingly well, and Nita found that Mukesh seemed to be more reliable than she thought, and the man proposed to the woman after only seven dates.
In 1985, Nita married Mukesh, who was 6 years older than herself, and everyone around her envied her for marrying into a wealthy family and achieving a class leap overnight.
The Mukesh family has also achieved a leap in status, no matter how rich they are, they only belong to the middle caste, and Nita belongs to the very rare high class in India.
The hierarchy in India is very strict, with a population of 1.4 billion divided into four classes, the highest Brahmins, the middle Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and the lower Shudras, with no more than 5% of the Brahmins.
The Ambani family belongs to the middle caste Vaishyas, and despite the billions of wealth in his family, Nita marrying him is the real marriage.
Very early on, when the Vaishyas saw that the Brahmins were to kneel on the ground to serve, Mukesh was even more nervous than the other when he learned that Nita was of a high caste, feeling that his caste was too low, and fearing that the other would look down on him.
Before 1947, there was a clear law in India that did not allow marriages between different castes. Despite the repeal of this law, most high-caste Brahmins still looked down on people from other castes.
When Drubai was looking for a wife for his son, he must not have considered economic conditions, and at that time, there were no more than three wealthy people in the Bianbani family in India, so the identity of the wife was very important.
Nita is not only well-educated and beautiful, but also a high-caste Brahmin, while Indians believe that as long as they live with high-caste people, they will be affected by their thoughts and souls and become more and more noble.
This marriage is beneficial to both parties, Nita married into a wealthy family to change her life, and she no longer has to run for a few taels of silver in the future. By marrying a Brahmin as a wife, Mukesh could improve his lineage and family status, and both sides would be able to counterattack or win.
Nita's Brahmin status was a very important reason for this marriage, but the couple also had a deep affection, and Mukesh spoiled his wife without a limit after marriage.
Later, he inherited the family business and became the richest man in India, sitting on assets of $84.5 billion, and his personal life is very frugal, but he is responsive to his wife and children.
India's richest man has turned into a spoiled wife, and the husband and wife have reached new heights in their careers
Now, the couple has been working together for more than 30 years, and as India's richest man, Mukesh has hardly had any scandals, but is famous for loving his wife.
Mukesh, who lives frugally on weekdays, never refuses any request from his wife, knowing that Nita likes jewelry, the mobile phone he gave his wife is full of priceless pink diamonds, estimated at more than $300 million.
The seven-figure limited-edition bag is nothing more than a handbag for Nita to go out and carry things on her hands, and the best proof of Mukesh's favorite wife is a 27-storey mansion in Mumbai.
At 131 meters tall, the mansion stands out even in Mumbai's affluent district, becoming a local landmark and known as "the world's most expensive private mansion", with the entire building costing more than 7 billion yuan.
Don't look at the mansion covers an area of 37,000 square meters, but only six people live, in order to ensure the safety of the residence, Mukesh also spent a lot of money to hire security guards to guard the door, these security guards are all loaded with guns.
A security team of 50 staff members patrolled the building day and night.
Most shockingly, there is an ice cream shop, a candy shop, a 2,000-square-meter temple and a private cinema with a capacity of 50 people.
The mansion's garage can accommodate 170 cars at a time, and there is a huge helipad on the roof that can accommodate two helicopters at the same time, and the elevators are from the top brands in the world, which is expensive.
Mukesh knew that his wife liked flowers and plants, so he specially designed a huge garden on the first floor, and the sculptures were all carved by the master. In 2011, Mukesh and Nita's eldest son had an ultra-luxurious wedding here.
In general, the reason why Mukesh and Nita have been able to go through the ups and downs is not only because of the high caste of the woman, but also because she herself is definitely worthy of the title of the richest man's wife.
Many people have criticized Nita for being too high-profile, especially when she dresses up like a walking Christmas tree, but this high-achieving student who graduated from business school has also helped her husband a lot in her career.
After Druby's death, Mukesh and his younger brother Ambani staged a battle for assets, and it was precisely because of Nita's help that Mukesh gained the upper hand and got most of the family business, laying the foundation for becoming the richest man in India in the future.
As a wealthy woman, Nita was often involved in charitable activities, not only to help the poor, but also to expand the influence of her husband and his family.
Nita has no patriarchal thinking and has raised her daughter very well, and Isa Ambani is now working for her father's company as CEO, which is very rare in India for a girl to run a large business.
Since marrying Nita, Mukesh's career has been thriving, and many people think that she has a prosperous husband, but in fact, they ignore Nita's dedication to her family and husband.
Not as superficial as one might think, this woman with a passion for luxury and jewellery is smart but unsophisticated, firm and gentle, forging her own path in India's male-dominated world.
In the face of such a smart and beautiful woman, it is no wonder that she has been favored by the richest man in India for more than 30 years, what do you think differently about this matter?