Rich people almost always marry rich people. In Spain, men and women who belong to the top 10% of earners are 3.1 times more likely to get married than if everything were done by chance, according to a recent study published in the archives of the European Commission. The same thing happens in the rest of the world. This is demonstrated once again by the million-dollar Indian wedding between Netra Mantena (27), daughter of pharmaceutical industry bigwig Rama Raju Mantena – current president and CEO of Ingenus Pharmaceuticals – and tech entrepreneur Vamsi Gadiraju, who, at 29, is co-founder and chief technology officer of the food delivery platform Superorder. Their wedding lasted four days in Udaipur, between November 20th and 24th. A year after the great Indian wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, considered the most luxurious of the decade, the Asian country once again witnessed a great display of opulence and sumptuousness to celebrate this new union which the international media is already defining as one of the most spectacular of the year.
If Ambani and Merchant performed with Rihanna and Justin Bieber, Mantena and Gadiraju were no exception and hired Jennifer Lopez to liven up the evening. “The pop star, 56, turned up the heat in several glittering, virtually non-existent outfits as she danced and sang her biggest hits, such as Waiting for tonight AND You are right”, describe Page six. According to American media, the New York artist received two million dollars for his performance at the wedding, in which he invited the newlyweds to go on stage to toast with them. “May these families be united on this beautiful day and may God bless us all,” commented the artist, raising his glass, as shown in some videos of the connection circulated on social networks.
Lopez’s exclusive private concert wasn’t the couple’s only display of wealth. Daily mail According to his estimates, the total cost of the wedding was about $6.7 million, invested in inconspicuous details, such as a huge multi-tiered – and several meters high – wedding cake in the shape of a small palace, with elephants, lions and flowers carved around it.
The location chosen for the ceremony was also much commented on: none other than the spectacular Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur, from the 18th century, which was the setting for the James Bond film. Octopussy (1983). For Mantena and Gadiraju, more is more.
The wedding had guests including the Bollywood actor Ram Charan, the British singer and actress Sophie Choudry, the Canadian actress and model Nora Fatehi and Donald Trump Jr., son of the current American president, who arrived accompanied by his girlfriend, the model and influencer Bettina Anderson. “While Lopez danced non-stop, Donald Jr. and Bettina looked more in love than ever, laughing and smiling throughout the celebration. They couldn’t keep their hands off each other for much of the wedding, and at one point Bettina hugged a smiling Donald Jr.,” explains the Daily mail. He shared a couple stories they talk about the wedding on their Instagram account, where the couple can be seen talking to the newlyweds and the families of the protagonists of the event.
JLo wasn’t the only big performance at the festivities; Famous Bollywood stars like Ranveer Singh, Madhuri Dixit, Kriti Sanon, Shahid Kapoor, Nora Fatehi, Jacqueline Fernandez and Karan Johar graced the stage. DJ Tiësto also played, there were circus shows, carousels, hot air balloons and all kinds of pompous details. “Business leaders, Hollywood stars and political figures also checked into luxury hotels in Udaipur to attend the lavish wedding,” British media reported, without specifying any other names.
Netra Mantena is the heir to a million-dollar pharmaceutical empire that includes the companies ICORE Healthcare and OncoScript. The media specialized in economics, such as the Indian one The financial expressthey estimate his father’s fortune at around $20 million. Vamsi Gadiraju is also expected to have a bright future in business, especially in the technology sector. A graduate of Columbia University, he is known for leading Superorder’s AI efforts, which raised $12.5 million last year, according to Forbes-, where he develops tools to make it easier for restaurants to create their own websites. His contributions to the food and technology industries earned him a spot on the list Forbes 30 under 30 last year in the food and beverage category.
