In 2010, he was worth an estimated $27 billion. Today, he's worth about $60 billion.
That would make it one of the most expensive homes anywhere in the world.
India's automobile and consumer goods industries suffered in 2019, but Ambani's wealth continued to grow largely thanks to his five-year-old telecom company, Jio, which now has 340 million subscribers, according to Forbes.
India's second-richest person, tech entrepreneur Shiv Nadar, has an estimated net worth of $16.2 billion.
That's based on his his $16.4 billion growth in wealth in 2019, divided by the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.
In 2018, the average salary of regular workers in India was 162,744 rupees, or $2,283, according to a 2018 study from Azim Premji University, "State of Working India."
That's based on the $16.4 billion he added to his fortune throughout the year.
Belarus' GDP was about $59.6 billion in 2018, according to World Bank data.
In fact, his net worth is roughly equal to the GDPs of Afghanistan, Botswana, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — combined.
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