Son of Asia’s richest man to marry in year’s most extravagant wedding

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra with her husband Nick Jonas (Rajanish Kakade/AP)

Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians began arriving in India’s financial capital on Friday to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout.

Anant Ambani, 29, is marrying his longtime girlfriend, Radhika Merchant, in Mumbai, what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.