India’s richest man is building a tower block home for his mother, wife, three children and 600 full-time staff.

Mukesh Ambani’s new home will be the height of a 60-storey building – but will have only 27 storeys because the ceilings are so high.

The 570ft tower, in the financial hub of Mumbai, will include a helipad, health club and six floors of car parking.

The building, named Antilla after a mythical island, will have a total floor area greater than Versailles, reports the Guardian.

Draped in hanging gardens, the building will have a floor for a home theatre, a glass-fronted apartment for guests, and a two-storey health club.

With property prices rocketing, the building is already worth more than £500m. It is expected to be ready for the Ambanis to move in next year. The family currently live in a 14-storey building, Sea Wind.

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group is India’s largest private company, with interests in oil, retail and biotechnology.

The 50-year-old became the country’s first rupee trillionaire this week, taking his net worth to £14bn.

But Praful Bidwai, a newspaper columnist, said the divide between rich and poor in India was becoming obscene.

“Mr Ambani is building an edifice to his own ego,” he said. “It will not go down well with the public and there is a growing tide of anger about such absurd spending.”

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