Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s Reliance Industries, knows how to throw a party. Business leaders (and fellow MPP candidates) like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Samsung’s Jay Lee made the trek to India this year to attend some of the monthslong wedding festivities of Ambani’s youngest son, Anant. As of early November, Ambani was Asia’s richest person, with an estimated net worth of around $100 billion. Reliance is one of India’s most important conglomerates, with interests in petrochemicals, retail, entertainment, and telecommunications (and much more). Ambani is trying to groom the next generation to take over the lumbering conglomerate: Akash, his eldest son, is the chairman of the telecoms business Reliance Jio, while his daughter Isha is driving the growth of Reliance’s retail arm.