Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, and his family are expected to divide their time in the future between London and Mumbai, according to Mid-day sources. The family is expected to make Stoke Park, a 300-acre country club in Buckinghamshire that was purchased for a reported Rs 592 crore earlier this year, their primary residence. 

Sources told mid-day that a state-of-the-art medical facility has just been built on the property, and that the family felt the need for a second house after spending the pandemic in the 4,00,000 square foot Altamount Road residence, Antilia. The family also spent a lot of time at Jamnagar, where their flagship refinery, which is also the world’s largest, is located, during the lockdowns. 

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“They wanted a property situated in an open space and not a vertical building like the one in Mumbai,” said a source. 

Diwali is generally celebrated with great pomp and fervour in their Mumbai home, but this year will be the first time in a long time that it will be celebrated outside of India.

“The family is celebrating their first Diwali at their new residence, after which they will return to Mumbai. They are likely to go back to the UK mansion next April,” the source said. 

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Social media was abuzz with the news. 

“What does it say about the state of the union when Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest person and one of world’s 10 richest billionaires overall with Bezos, Musk, Gates, Zuckerberg and Buffett (per Forbes World’s Billionaires List—The Richest in 2021)—decides to set up base in the UK?” wrote one user.

Another chimed in, “Another commented, “How is the Reliance stock going to react to this? Indian HNIs leaving is a thing- Ambani putting one foot outside will send shock waves…” 

Third user commented,”Remember when people were calling folks “anti national” for criticising Ambani and Adani? Lol.”