Originally posted by: SlatePencil
My friend has worked in Jio office in Mumbai. He told me that there is helipad in the office and Ambanis used to come by helicopter
Yes, they do have a helipad over their really expensive and also terribly ugly home Antilla too. In BKC, they own a hospital, a school, NMACC, Jio World Centre, Jio office and it is probably the cleanest and most expensive area of Mumbai too. You will not find a single hawker there. No street vendors or not even small shops. That area has offices of large corporate houses and consulates as well as embassies of foreign countries, the HQ of the ONGC amongst other things. In fact, NMACC is opposite the American embassy, right across the street.
Thereâs not even a public transport bus stop there of BEST, the bus service of Mumbai run by the government. They have CHALO bus stops there run by the government which is a more premium bus service, BEST charges are nominal. Autos are allowed as are taxis and private cars obviously, despite the bust stop most buses there are still those that are run by private companies for visitors and the people working in those companies and other places alike.
You will be hard pressed to find a single store there that sells you anything because there are none. No chemists, no provision stores, absolutely nothing. Itâs a VVIP area.
There are other schools and prestigious institutions there as well. The fees for a child in any of those schools starting from KG is 10 lakhs a year and this is KG alone.
The daughter of one of my acquaintances works there as a Spanish and French language teacher, in one of those elite schools. Sheâs gonna be paid 2 lakhs a month but was hired after a complete background check which took nearly 3 months. And sheâs not teaching at the Ambani school either! Itâs a different one but I forget the name ATM. This is her starting package as she was hired earlier this year. Sheâs gonna be teaching primary school children! I believe her dad told me sheâd start teaching kids in the 3rd or 4th grade.
But I do hope they get stuck in traffic sometime.
Thereâs a famous story about Jio, the internet service. Isha was home from her college in US, and she needed internet for her assignments. The connection sucked and the speed was terrible so she did what every daughter does when sheâs frustrated - went and complained to her dad about it.
Imagine the richest man in the country too had a pathetic internet connection!
She told him how in the US she had gotten used to speed and how quickly things would work there, almost instantly. That there was no net issue in major cities for sure back then, so she could even travel around with friends occasionally and not have to worry about bad internet connection.
Thatâs when Mukesh Ambani started Jio and the rest is history.
I want Isha Ambani to crib about Indian roads to her dad some day 

Edited by EkPaheli - 13 hours ago
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