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glitzy wedding to luxury yachts and racing. india's billionaires live in a world of extreme glamour and lavish spending. while many indians still live below the poverty line the country now has more billionaires that almost anywhere else in the world. and steve cho on this episode when he goes inside the privileged world of the super rich to meet india's new maharajah. 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.
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bridegroom with the licensed fashion accessory among the indian nouveau riche and necklace of banknotes to assert power and prosperity. the 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. i just really need a lot of nagano me a lot of fandom and. i am definitely and still proud of that. 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 life when i was born up in what i grew up with your that's what they say doesn't matter how
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successful you get don't forget where you came from indian writing is mostly gone for a long time used at least a week with five or six publishers and it means a lot it's a very excessive over the top fare so yeah telephone to have an indian big fat indian benteke so it's 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 businessmen eager to get rich little girl in india they known as the new maharaja it's the only time thing in the room. india is home to more than one hundred billion it's thanks to the country's tremendous economic growth. even lives with his parents in this luxury q cliques in new delhi when he was only twelve he created his first smartphone app
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he started his business in high school. this is a goal set aside for myself by twenty one i want to be here million a month which i'm pretty close my twenty i want to be at a million a week and my twenty five million a day. i even love showing off his success. i 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 it'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
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a lot of people flooding this all 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. in the basement of the building his team of computer specialists create mobile apps . twenty engineers paid around six hundred dollars a month. off of his latest development targets the world's young rich well off the table to make let's listen if somebody wants to come out with your friends they want to have a table read it with themselves going to sort of a single morning 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 startups and watches his money grow on ninety nine thousand dollars and i
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invested is what now a two million in that company he gets his business skills from his father an entrepreneur who made his fortune in the passion and take style industry. he provided it and with an initial investment to kick start his business. at first skeptical evans father is now amazed by his son's achievements. they are doing it for them you can imagine. that facility that is a good fit kids you know even don't know what to do but he on his own kid knows and you hear it like what. i've been success delight says father but he's son spending is hard to accept religion and tradition hold an important place in the family but if you'd rather not. brought in by a pretty boy the other day you know it you know if you want to put it like that.
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but traditions will have to white 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. village ten hour drive from mumbai is far from the world of the super rich. here most people live in demick poverty. kelp harness a roach 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. made some money and he gave me a nice gentle yeah. usually a good of a come way too yeah they use me he said you don't hear.
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these days only her five year old lives here. she refuses to leave me to let. me mommy when i see her put up not gonna quit but i'm going to be funny like the here would be clear needed. to see bold you were defending me to. my vehicle. and see what he has made. many in. his return to the village brings a crown. yes you will go you do all of that because that escape and use five years when he is just. this one no better yet. you have
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a good look at. india the untouchables are the lowest in the hindu social hierarchy. i shun community considered impure. people. that have a. door many bad and yes he can sit back and get my job i can get going but to have them tell me that that in the invoice environment we had at the will to live that made us that it was gay you know you need backing now you did. one of the we're sick of moving over me give you a little glance of anything it will be is going to. cup on a regular returns to her village to organize charity dice this morning she's ignore gracing a temporary medical camp which offers free i care and classes. with her in the us have landed. me just the know.
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there's nothing. but it. was an end of it and you know they had to do it. the nearest hospital least two hours walk from here. you could even take the body will be cowed problem so there was all you got me tell you what we want them to make the hit the woman some are to give you a base. had now become part of the but very good bit in the orphanage getting. 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 we think about maybe. you are not a little bit about. the low
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good to her. that i thought i could but think of. don't go to not just go just when it wasn't enough the. little bit of history that he's obsessed with. at the age of sixteen campana decided to leave from mumbai. she worked as a seamstress in a garment factory inside the 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 price. and new interim order will come when we're hungry you know it will. go good then you've. got to. manage. company. well behold what i've. got to
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buy we've got to buy up now to make history. today kalponik heads a powerful real estate in construction materials group based and don't have to get there and here i'm going to do your one. minute for you tell me there's been some pressure they're really. not going to see me. the third will be up and then they can hear. 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. all day for family and neighbors but also for those who come to us for her how it. also mother but.
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the court one leg of. this couple comes from her village they have just traveled fifteen hours by bus to tell her that they two daughters are getting married. that. i said that it was a little bit. but i was. left fifty thousand rupees gold and seven thousand dollars for this family of farmers it's the equivalent of a big new year's income less than one. closely gasol yeah. you did that with that guy you were i didn't. know i just one. right. oh i think it.
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was. 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.
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take the boat to the maldives. you know if. you haven't been in a long time most of us will but it's only eleven am the deposit 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 five into each wines separate wishes and caviar dreams and i'm. like them like that and it like. legendary. by the end of the morning the group of fifty somethings have already fallen back into adolescence it's only the size in the style of the twenty's that has changed.
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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 three thousand shops across the country. today the group's big boss is inspecting his brands flagship store. think it's down to eleven that it's a little distance from iran but it's cheap it's. a kind 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
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a huge success. business success means he can indulge in his passions. from high end textiles and suit jackets it is here that this damon gets his adrenaline rush. want to promote the sport storage his biggest critic two or three times a year of every day for coming director no there's no degree rise or anything of that sort it's just you know bring whatever you bought or people have his enthusiasm to figure out the adrenaline and the. becoming good on the track this type of the danger fascinates 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
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ears cut to the publicist to pay what it will tonight show type of sick on deal with the public start there explain why it's going to. despite his busy schedule got him 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 sport of and a million dollars at that price the souvenir video looks like the trailer for an action film. for his first year the novice finished school wide. the new maharaja 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
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super rich can have a dockside. in media ranks number one in the world photogs imagine more than five hundred billion dollars is said to be hidden abroad. most flamboyant a will for default out of the business for banks housing for the for getting that done see now is 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 dreams 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 pay his criticism. but they're still waiting for their money they
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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 move to the u.k. a forced exon. home for the billionaire if they million dollar mansion in hartford share 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 they
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tried to hold me personally responsible because one fullface good truth there's a few things here right. why should i let my stuff was that has to be brought. in the good charge against me we stand 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 both times and he's 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 i haven't lived in a gold for buy for marketing his new app bottle pop london's the best market for
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both you know there's just too many people spending too much disposable income on bottles that they don't remember the next day it's within myself you go out and people obviously buy more and more champagne bottles in the spotless 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 the ghost 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 a little and he's one of the biggest residents of any sort of india. in the indian business then he's the largest private employer in all of the u.k.
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wherever he goes i even spend his time finding new business ideas. i have some friends and we have a fine. company and get the meeting with. the looking for deals all the time so if you can send me a picture doesn't matter where you. are. right now. in india is not enough for this millionaire he wants to be known and recognized throughout the world and for that posses are essential to his image. twenty four hours lanka he. 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.
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chinese german russian or indian. or pos of the rich kids of instagram. the world's golden who displays themselves on social media. with videos and selfies 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 a has become one of the stars of the group right here i always say work
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smart play hard never seen it 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 to people donate money to people so if people have money they're probably smart. evans objective is to flash is 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 i think it's best cheers she was there about. five. after dinner the party continues. right the. group yes me very much not knowing. jewelry champagne and beautiful girls
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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 knocks. us in this success that gets them a success. new indian maharaj is like even our only at the beginning of their brand. hoping to boost india's place in the rankings of the world's biggest fortunes. from toxic milk to fake meat food scandals continue to rock china as the world turns to it for its foods one east goes undercover to expose the cuban harm in
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