Shelter is one of the 3 basic human needs. There are a lot of reasons we erect structures to live in. The primary reason is for protection or shelter, either from harsh elements of the weather or intruding humans and animals.
But there is a third reason for shelter that have made certain people take the issue of shelter and housing far. That is for pleasure and comfort. After all there is no human that loathes pleasure and comfort. We all crave pleasure and comfort.
And so many people have taken the issue of housing too far. That is exactly what Mukesh Ambani, the owner of the world's costliest private building, did.
Mukesh Ambani is an Indian billionaire business magnate, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value. He is currently the richest man in Asia.
Mukesh Ambani is the owner of Antilia, the world's largest private mansion.
Antilia is a skyscraper of 27 stories. It is 173 metres (570 feet) tall, over 400,000 square feet (37,161 square meters). The lavish mansion has 3 helipads or helicopter landing pads. It has a garage that can contain 168 cars. It also has a a ballroom, 80-seat theater, terrace gardens, spa, and a temple. It is located in, Mumbai City district, India.
INTERESTING FACT 1: Mukesh Ambani's net is nearly $53.3 billion, which makes him one of the richest men in the world and the richest in Asia. He has 168 cars, which inclures Bentleys, Rolls Royce and other expensive car models.
Antilia cost $2.2 billion to build. It was finished in 2010. Up to more than a year after its completion, Mukesh Ambani delayed moving into it for fear of "bad luck".
Many have condemned the lavish mansion as a waste and misappropriation of wealth and resources.
The former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata, said the costly mansion is an example of rich Indians not caring for the poor. Ratan Tata said Tata said, "The person who lives in there should be concerned about what he sees around him and asking can he make a difference. If he is not, then it's sad because this country needs people to allocate some of their enormous wealth to finding ways of mitigating the hardship that people have. It makes me wonder why someone would do that. That's what revolutions are made of."
INTERESTING FACT 2: A servant in Mukesh Ambani's house earns roughly 200,000 Indian rupees (or $2633 or nearly N1 million) a month. The pay varies according to their responsibilities.
As of now, only the Billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family lives in the building.
Over to you readers. Might we call this act a covetous act of extravagant spending? Because I don't see any reason for a person to spend so much amount solely on himself, and worst of all to acquire a liability. For me if he had invested those several billion dollars building industries he would better the lives of many of his fellow citizens while also expanding his own wealth.
Anyway it is Mukesh Ambani's decision and it is his money.
But the truth is if all or even most of the rich folks we had around put out but a fraction of their wealth for the betterment of the lives of poorer elements of society, the world would be a much happier place.
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