If Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, worth $101 billion, is the uncrowned king of India, his daughter Isha Ambani, a businesswoman carving her own path, exudes the grace of a princess. She exudes grace, and her fashion game is extraordinary, embodying extravagance in its most refined form. At a recent award function, where the Yale graduate was honored with the title of ‘Woman of the Year,’ her business achievements seemed to take a back seat. Even her striking Schiaparelli haute couture ensemble couldn’t outshine the diamond studs adorning her ears.
Of course, these weren’t ordinary earrings; they were a flawless pair of solitaires featuring 50-carat diamonds. Presumably worth an astounding $17 million, the diamond studs served as her minimalist accessory, if such opulence could ever be called that. If anyone can imbue jewelry with a sense of quiet luxury, it’s Isha Ambani, the mother of twins.
Her thoughtfully curated looks often include details that captivate the world, like her $450,000 Hermès Mini Kelly bag, adorned with diamond embellishments spelling out her children’s names. The 32-year-old billionairess is no stranger to jaw-dropping accessories. She paired the Hermès bag with an equally dazzling $6 million diamond ring featuring stones as large as rocks, yet her choices always exude understated elegance.
This is a quality she seems to have inherited from her mother, Nita Ambani, the chairperson of the Reliance Foundation. However, Nita Ambani’s jewelry, while breathtaking, is anything but understated. The founder of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) has a collection that has left many speechless, including a necklace with an astonishing 863-carat emerald centerpiece that took three years to craft. Yet, even that is not the most expensive jewel in the Ambani vault, not even Isha’s $17 million studs come close.
In our opinion, the crown jewel of the Ambani family belongs to Shloka Mehta, the wife of Akash Ambani, Mukesh and Nita’s eldest son. Shloka was gifted the $55 million L’Incomparable necklace on her wedding day. Touted as the most expensive necklace in the world, it boasts over 200 carats of diamonds, including a 407-carat yellow diamond as its centerpiece. Perhaps this sets the context for Isha Ambani’s choice of $17 million diamond studs for a casual evening out, after all, extravagance seems to be the Ambani way.
