Trung Phan@TrungTPhan·Oct 6, 2022In India, the wedding industry makes an incredible $130B a year. That ranks as the country’s 4th largest industry, behind energy, banking and insurance. But ahead of cars, steel and tech, per The Economist.817584,418
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan·Oct 6, 2022Can’t be too long until Gautam Adani adds a wedding arm to his ports-to-coal-to-airport empiretrungphan.substack.comGautam Adani’s $140B+ fortune, explainedHow the Indian entrepreneur became the world’s 2nd richest person.822341
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan·Oct 6, 2022Here’s the excerpt from The Economist 🔗 https://economist.com/business/2022/09/29/matrimony-is-one-of-indias-biggest-businesses?frsc=dg%7Ce…89185
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 6, 2022Replying to @TrungTPhanWedding culture. Vast ugly conspicuous consumption and useless gifting of shit nobody uses.26
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan·Oct 6, 2022Replying to @vgrAhh fair enough. But the food is dope though! (from the few north american ones i been too)12
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @TrungTPhanThe middle class ones are okay, it’s the super-rich ones that are super-ugly https://verragio.com/news/2010/09/29/most-expensive-wedding-ever-a-steel-tycoon…’s-daughter-marries/verragio.comMost Expensive Wedding Ever: A Steel Tycoon’s Daughter Marries. | The Verragio Jewelry BlogEver wonder what the title of the most expensive wedding in history involves? Well in 2004, London’s wealthiest man, tycoon Lakshmi Mittal threw his daughter one of the most lavish […]3:25 AM · Oct 6, 20225 Likes
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan·Oct 6, 2022Replying to @vgr“Kylie Minogue, who was reportedly paid over $500,000 for a 30 minute music set” holy crap