The youngest son of Asia’s richest man held a pre-wedding party, and business tycoons such as Zuckerberg and Bill Gates came to support him

Mukesh Ambani, the youngest son of Asia's richest man, will hold a pre-wedding party, and bigwigs from Wall Street and Silicon Valley will gather in a small town in western India. This three-day event is not only a pre-wedding ceremony, but also a grand gathering of business connections. The event kicks off on Friday in a small town in the western Indian state of Gujarat. People familiar with the matter, who declined to be named because the details are not public, revealed that singer Rihanna and American magician David Blaine will come to perform and the banquet will include 500 kinds of dishes.

Anant Ambani and fiancée Radhika Merchant plan to get married on July 12.

This extravagant and grand pre-wedding ceremony was not only eye-catching with its grand scale and sumptuous banquet, but also reflected Ambani’s deep control over multiple economic sectors in India. The Indian tycoon's business empire, Reliance Industries Ltd, has a scale of US$262 billion and its business involves oil, telecommunications and other fields. Global investors are striking billions of dollars in deals to tap into India's market of 1.4 billion consumers.