These two rich people are business partners. In March this year, their respective companies, Reliance Industries and IMG, set up a joint venture called "IMG Reliance" in India, with the goal of establishing and operating large-scale sports and entertainment assets in India.
However, they obviously became good friends. When Faustmann introduced Ambani at the awards dinner, he told a story about how he spent his holiday with Ambani, his wife and children.
Faustmann recalled that Ambani asked him, "How about going to the Kenyan Wildlife Park with your son and us?" As the chairman of IMG, Faustmann is the sole guardian of two South African orphans. Many people know that the dealmaker is dating Indian supermodel Padma Lakshmi, and he is still worried about such a trip. "I'm not an American who is very interested in wildlife parks," Faustmann admitted. Nevertheless, he and his two sons went. The first night, they lived in a tent and found a lion sleeping nearby, making a strange purr. "As a successful person who has done many transactions in his life, I said to myself, how can I get rid of this dilemma?" Obviously, Ambani didn't have this worry at that time, because Faustmann could see his friend exercising on the elliptical fitness machine in the tent next door.
As soon as he took office, Ambani quickly responded to this view: he said how special it was to accept this honor award from "dear friend Teddy", and he also promised to invite Faustmann to enjoy more adventures. "We must show you the tigers in India."
Presumably, for Faustmann, the evening party was a good opportunity to relax. He has been dealing with a lawsuit recently: the lawsuit was filed by a former golfer who accused him of betting on some IMG players. The man had sued Faustmann before, but the case was rejected by the court. Faustmann revealed that his former friend was in financial difficulties and tried to extort money from him. However, the billionaire did admit that he had gambled in a tennis match in Roger Federer. roger federer was his "good friend" and a signing client of IMG. He was recently warned by the ATP (Tennis Professionals Association) Men's Tennis Tour for his tennis gambling. Faustmann refused to admit what he had done wrong. (Tennis Integrity Agency)
The close friendship between Ambani and Faustmann has become the latest chapter in the budding friendship between the richest people in the world. Bernard arnault, the richest man in Europe, is a good friend of Belgian billionaire Albert Foehrer. They all own wineries. Arnon milchan, an Israeli billionaire and Hollywood producer, and Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation have been business partners for more than ten years. They have long supported charity and played tennis doubles together. "He has always been a very kind, sincere and frank friend," Murdoch said in an interview with Forbes magazine earlier this year.
Perhaps the most famous friendship between the rich is the two richest Americans. Bill Gates of Microsoft and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway met after becoming the richest man in the world. They often play bridge together. Recently, they are cooperating to make more rich people promise to donate their personal wealth to charity.
Faustmann may make a new and powerful friend. He is dating eike batista, the richest man in South America. This year, they met at the annual meeting of Faustmann Little held in Aspen. Batista accepted Batista's invitation and soon went to Brazil to visit Batista. These two people hit it off very well. On June 9th, 165438+ announced that their two companies IMG and EBX Enterprise Group of Brazil had set up a joint venture company, and they were both committed to exploring various business opportunities in the field of sports and entertainment in Latin America.