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Most Expensive Home in the World has 27 Floors, Ocean and Slum Views

1129 Most Expensive Home in the World has 27 Floors, Ocean and Slum Views

The home of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai. The $1-billion home, seven years in the making, is 400,000 square feet on 27 floors, all for a family of six. The building is named Antilia, after a mythical island. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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The home has a swimming pool and yoga studio. By some accounts, an ice room to escape the Mumbai heat, infused with man-made snow flurries. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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A security staff stands at the entrance of the 27-story Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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“It’s a stupendous show of wealth,” said Hamish McDonald, author of “Ambani & Sons: A History of the Business.” “It’s kind of positioning business tycoons as the new maharajah of India.” (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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An Indian laborer checks his mobile phone while waiting for marblestone to be unloaded from his truck at the entrance to the twenty-seven storey Antilia, the newly-built residence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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Ambani’s home, center, is being billed as the most expensive home in history. Anywhere. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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Antilia Tower, the new residence of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s Reliance Industries Ltd., stands in Mumbai, India. (DANISH SIDDIQUI / Reuters)

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