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below the poverty line the country now has more billionaires than almost anywhere else in the world. and steve cho on this episode when he's goes inside the privileged world of the super rich to meet india's new maharajah's. a short distance from new delhi india's capital this luxury its residents is preparing to host one of the most anticipated weddings of the year a glamorous saint celebration the alliance of two wealthy families of the textile industry before one thousand guests. don't look at that like you did not. bridegroom with the licensed fashion accessory among the indian nouveau riche and necklace of banknotes to assert power and prosperity. the
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bride's cousin and guess de bono. nutra is a young millionaire who defines himself as an internet entrepreneur he's given a large donation to the company. and i don't really need a lot of nagano obviously i needed a lot of things i love him and. i are definitely on the. at twenty two years old i even says he earns nearly a million dollars a month and spends two thirds of the year travelling after the country but he wouldn't have missed this wedding but anything i don't lose touch with i was brought up in what i grew up to your that's what they say doesn't matter how successful you get don't forget where you came from indian writing is mostly gone for a long time you see at least a week with five or six functions and it means a lot it's a very excessive over the top for you so you have colorful to have an indian the big fight indian benteke so it's
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a deficit thing angelfish. one foot in tradition the other in excess. even has a taste of parties luxury and money she embodies the bryson success of businessman eager to get rich little girl in india they known as the new maharaja it's not one thing in. the medium is home to more than one hundred billion it thanks to the country's tremendous economic growth. evan lives with his parents in this luxury q plex in new delhi when he was only twelve he created his first smartphone app he started his business believing high school. this is a goal set aside for myself by twenty one i want to be humiliating one which i'm pretty close my twenty i want to be at a million a week and my twenty five million
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a day. i even love showing off his success. i got him it's i i love gold and black these are two of my colors which i really like so i even i got this solid gold i phone seven made because i'm always on the phone i paid ten thousand pounds for this but want to sell it was probably going to sell for a lot more than ten thousand in a couple years because it's just an awesome. reptile skins is another of his weaknesses that's all by far it's got a legal opinion to work by the time you go to jail for this the how but i mean pretty show nobody really cares and there's a lot of people thought in his will in the open so. even if office is at the headquarters of the family business. his road to success developing services for smartphones using india's pool of cheap talented labor.
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in the basement of the building his team of computer specialists create mobile apps . twenty engineers paid around six hundred dollars a month. bottle full of these latest development targets the world's young rich well off the table to make us less if somebody wants to go out with your friends you want to have a table read it was all just going to service your winning they intend to spend money this simple as you book a table with a clip of what. evan also buys other people's ideas he invests in start ups and watches his money grow on ninety nine thousand dollars and i invested is what now a two million in that company he gets his business skills from his father an entrepreneur he made his school in the passion and textile industry. he provided it and with an initial investment to kick start his business. at first
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skeptical edmonds father is now amazed by his son's achievements. going that far better than you can imagine. that facility. kids you know even don't know what to do but he on his own kid knows that he has it like what. even success delights his father but he son spending is hard to accept religion and tradition hold an important place in the family that if you go or not it. will probably find a pretty boy the other day you know it you know it just want to put it like that. but traditions will have to wite even is organizing his next trips to europe and the united states where he will be able to satisfy his thirst for glitz and glamour . but he's not the only one breaking from tradition.
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village ten hour drive from mumbai is far from the world of the super rich. here most people live in demi poverty. kalponik was born into a family of untouchability today she heads a real estate empire worth more than three hundred fifty million dollars. this is the house. me that's the money he gave me i generally. usually are going to come way to yeah they use me he said you don't hear. me live yunji took a. phone. these days only her eighty five year old lives here. she refuses to leave me to let.
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me mommy when i see her. not going to quit but i'm going to be funny like the here will be clear needed. to see bold you're going to be taken for granted. and see what he has made. many in. his return to the village brings a crowd. yet you will go into all of. these five years when he was just wonderful i. guess we're no better yeah. yeah but there's no doubt. in india the untouchables are the lowest in the hindu social hierarchy. i shun community considered impure.
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people. that have. that many bad and yes he can sit back and get my job i can get going but don't have time to meet up in the whole invoice environment to be tired at all to let me just that it was a year we'll be backing needed. one of the we're sick of moving your company give you a little glance of the funny thing is going to. finish copartner regularly returns to her village to organize charity dice this morning she's ignore gracing a temporary medical camp which offers free i care and glasses. yet that america in the us can't land. any of that just the not. just the. little bit of the new republic that was intended and you know they have to do it. the nearest hospital least two hours walk from here.
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and it up you get anybody nobody will pick out problems so they had was all you got me tell you what we were. some i'd give you. had now become a part of the but i give it to your pathetic. married at the age of twelve kalponik went to live in a slum and was abused by her in-laws. family managed to get her a divorce but her return to the village was difficult. but maybe. you are not a little bit about. the low good to her. that i thought i could but. don't go to not just go to some of the boys and the.
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little bit of. the society. at the age of sixteen campana decided to leave from mumbai. she worked as a seamstress in a garment factory and saved a small sum. she used to invest in real estate. the first move was to buy a piece of land in the north of the city. she reached at a premium brand. new in remarkably good will hunting. will. go to the. manager of some. company. well behold what i've. got to buy we've got to buy up now make hasty. today kalponik heads a powerful real estate in construction materials group based and don't have to then
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i'm here i'm going to do your one could be wouldn't miss frazer me have been pressured to really look it up you're going to see. these curves we have been dating and here forever you looking. despite the multi-million dollar projects that she manages calpine and her family don't lock themselves away in a bubble of luxury. on sundays kalponik entertains modestly at home. stays open all day for family and neighbors but also for those who come to us . also mother but. the point one leg of. this couple comes from her village i have just traveled fifteen hours by bus to tell her that they
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too daughter is getting married. that. i said that. and. fifty thousand rupees gold and seven thousand dollars for this family of farmers it's the equivalent of a big new year's income. closely gasol yeah. you did you got. that you wish i didn't. know i just won. oh it. was.
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white sandy beaches lined with coconut treats go on india's west coast is the playground of billionaires. that go way over my storefront. we go this one to go and call on a little bit broader. gautam singh gonna is one of the most famous billionaires in india he manages the country's largest clothing brand. the fifty year old king of textiles heads a fortune estimated at one point five billion dollars. this weekend he's on his yoest a shana a fifty maize a long three story floating palace built entirely awesome precious would. take the boat to the maldives is a noble. having been along that will be with us all but it's only eleven
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am the posse has already started. for these old school friends the weekend in goa is a reunion not to be missed. the breakfast and truffle omelette caviar japanese chocolates and fine into each wines separate wishes and caviar dreams that i'm. in. london and that. is like. lectionary. by the end of the morning the group of fifty somethings have already fallen back into adolescence it's only the song in the style of the toys that it's changed. back to mumbai and it's back to work. the family textile business and the bang this brand reiman boasts an annual turnover of more than eighty million dollars with
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three thousand shops across the country. today the group's big boss is inspecting his brands flagship store. gets down to eleven that it's a little distance from iran but it's cheaper. than ali or fabric to pay out of the fountain for life and. the rehman brand was launched by family at the beginning of the twentieth century. it was losing momentum when he took over in two thousand to die it's a huge success. business success means he can indulge in his passions.
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from high end textiles and suit jackets it is here that this damon gets his adrenaline rush. want to promote the sport stories as buddhists they did two or three times you have every right to become a director no there's no doubt agree with. that so it is just you know bring whatever you got or people have this enthusiasm to their gods to the adrenaline and to. they come into the drag this ties to the danger fascinates the in the inmates who are accustomed to the billion is escapades. two years ago something gagnon decided to treat himself to the thrill of a true high speed right. to the timing like taxing on ears cuts about proposition eight to pay what it will to share time about security over the past six stone erik prince is going to step down. despite his busy
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schedule gotham travels the world to live out his dream and fly the colors of the indian flag it's a vet check out flashing audio wins from print outs pay to the entrance ticket to the sunday sports event a million dollars at that price the souvenir video looks like the trial for an action film. for his first year the novice finished school wide. the new maharaj as of today see themselves as the heroes of modern india. but in a country where hundreds of millions live below the poverty line. the lives of the super rich can have a dockside. india ranks number one in the world for tax evasion more than five hundred billion dollars a set to be hidden abroad. in guessing most flamboyant
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a will for default out of the business or bank housing for the for getting that on three dollars or has been developed by the government. they jane mallya made his fortune in the alcohol business as the boss of kingfisher beverages. he then launched his own airline earning the nickname india's richard branson. but rising oil prices ended up sinking his dream plunging into debt. once worth one point six billion dollars b.j. malley is indian property including villas planes and cars was supposed to be auctioned off to parties criticism. but they're still waiting for their money they jay fled the country more than one point three billion dollars to india's banks. he ended up in london denying he was playing his debts he calls his decision to
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move to the u.k. for stakes on. home for the billionaire is he's been to a million dollar mansion in hartford chip north of london our request for an interview went unanswered. but we finally caught sight of him last march when the formula one season kicked off. and. he shows up with his new car in front of cameras from all over the world. when questioned about his financial dealings v.j. says he has done nothing wrong by the north to one new rule personally to any bank. kingfisher airlines limited unfortunately closed down the business and to try to avoid me personally responsible because one full face could just disappear considering right. why should i let my stuff all that has to be brought.
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in the good charge against me which debt isn't. right. but back in india there are charges of defaulting on loans and money laundering v.j. was arrested in the u.k. i proved and again in october he was granted bail by three times and is now waiting for the courts to decide if he should be extradited to india to face the charges. meanwhile the new is to india's nouveau riche has arrived in london. we find the ambitious young millionaire ivan lootera in a gold four by four marketing his new app bottle pop london's the best market for both you know there's just too many people spending too much disposable income on bottles that they don't remember the next day excluding myself they go out and
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people obviously buy more and more champagne bottles in the spa clothes because to do it the girls cover the tables and that's what they want they want to show off it's a shallow society it's always a competition because everybody can see everybody but that makes a commission what i wear our clothes so that's how we make money. with bottle bob evan can earn more than twenty thousand dollars in commission for each soiree. money flows freely in london the european finance capital attracting india's rich. business men have taken over you know little and he's one of the biggest residences in any sort of india. the indian business that he is the largest private employer in all of the u.k. wherever he goes even spends his time finding new business ideas. i have some friends and we have fun. at the meeting with. the looking for deals all the
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time so if you can send me a picture doesn't matter where you. are. right now it. is not enough for this millionaire he wants to be known and recognized throughout the world and for that. are essential to his image . twenty four hours lanka is. headed to the most chic area of the german capital. in a presidential suite costing three thousand dollars the noise i even is making. is all under the age of twenty five. chinese german russian or indian. or pos of the rich kids of instagram. the world's golden who displays themselves on social media.
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with videos and sophy's these i mean he booted rich kids like to take center stage online. the tag line is they have more money than you and this is what they do. you can see their pay trips that passion for parties and luxury. even luther has become one of the stars of the group right here i always say work smart play hard never say work on its own is about doing the right thing you know people love people and then all of hard work labor but they don't achieve anything in life a lot of who can make one phone call and like get a million bucks in the bank if you want to spend money like we do you can be stupid
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to people donate money to people so that people have money they're probably smart. evans objective is to flash his cash on social media and to grow his community of fans i mean i have like two hundred thousand followers they want to see in first place i'm going to going to give them because they it's just cheers she was there but it. was. after dinner the posse continuous loop getting close. up. look at me very much not knowing where. jewelry champagne and beautiful girls to not the apprentice billion is live all the cliches to feed their instagram accounts. of. the young high rollers can spend more than one hundred thousand dollars in one not.
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just in this success that gets them a success. new indian maharaj is like i've been are only at the beginning of their brand. hoping to boost india's place in the rankings of the world's biggest fortunes. business updates. the.
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