- Invoice Gates visited the Statue of Unity in India earlier than heading to the Ambani pre-wedding bash.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally invited Gates to view the tallest statue on this planet.
- The Ambani’s three-day get together featured tech CEOs like Gates and different celebrities.
Earlier than rubbing elbows with the world’s wealthy and well-known on the Ambani pre-wedding bash, Invoice Gates was simply being a vacationer in India.
Gates posted images of him on Instagram Friday on the Statue of Unity, the world’s largest statue, which is situated within the Indian state of Gujarat. The towering memorial to politician Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — who helped reunite India post-British colonial rule — is almost 600 toes tall and was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2013.
Whereas Gates seems to be taking part in common previous vacationer actions, the previous Microsoft CEO was personally invited by Modi himself to view the statue.
“Thanks @narendramodi for the invitation to go to the spectacular Statue of Unity. It’s an engineering marvel and an incredible tribute to Sardar Patel,” Gates wrote on Instagram below a photograph of him grinning in entrance of the metal and bronze colossus. “Additionally nice to see it’s creating financial alternative for native tribal communities, particularly girls.”
Gates was so impressed by the go to that he posted a follow-up video of his expertise on the Statue of Unity set to “Do not Cease Me Now” by Queen.
Earlier than Gates additionally sat down with Modi to debate “utilizing AI for public good,” he wrote within the caption an Instagram publish that featured him posing with the Prime Minister. Gates additionally later met with a number of native leaders, per posts on his social media.
What Gates has been making headlines for, nonetheless, is his attendance at one of many largest events of the yr to date — the Ambani household pre-wedding bash hosted by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. The soiree celebrating his son Anant Ambani’s upcoming marriage featured a non-public efficiency by Rihanna and a few of the most distinguished names in enterprise and Bollywood.
