Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is so superstitious that he spent $120,000 to import two olive trees from Spain to his ancestral home in India

Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is so superstitious that he spent $120,000 to import two olive trees from Spain to his ancestral home in India. Rumored to bring good luck, the 100-year-old trees made the 1,800 km long journey in special trucks that drove at 30 km/hr.

Asia’s richest businessman Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries has a special place in his heart for his hometown Jamnagar in Gujarat, India.

Despite his insane amount of wealth, $113 billion, as per Forbes, he hasn’t forgotten his roots (it is also his mother’s birthplace and where his father began his entrepreneurial journey).

The fact that his youngest child, Anant Ambani, has also chosen the destination for his fantastic pre-wedding festivities shows they favor the town that houses their largest refinery in the world, Jamnagar refinery owned by Reliance Industries.

(These two Spain-born olive trees were moved carefully on a 1800 km long journey to add beauty to the centibillionaire’s residence. Via Twitter / @PavanJourno)

In late 2021, the magnate did the unthinkable by splurging more than $100,000 on two rare olive trees for his expansive estate in Jamnagar.

Expensive they are but the quality that appeased the entrepreneur is that these two rare olive trees between 170 and 200 years old are known to be luck-giving trees.

They are also fabulously long-lasting, a thousand years at least which is a lot of prosperous centuries for the centibillionaire and his family.

(Mukesh Ambani’s ancestral house in Chorwal, Gujarat.)

The ultra-expensive olive trees were imported from Spain as this variety is not grown in India, and with money no object there is nothing standing between the lucky trees and their lucky owner.

Bringing the high-quality forestry home was quite a feat.

According to The Hindu once the olive trees were imported from Spain they were transported over 1,800 km via truck to the nursery.

Packed carefully in polythene bags, with speed maintained, no more than 30 km/h, the trees took five days to cover the distance.

At the Gowthami Nursery in Andhra Pradesh, the olive trees were tended to by a dedicated team of six people for two years before reaching their final destination in Jamnagar, trained to acclimatize to the Indian climate.

The team that raised them had to ensure soil health was optimum and that the trees did not grow over 12 feet.

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