Most expensive house in the world: A $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,649 crore) architectural masterpiece built by Indo-Swiss billionaire couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal, Villa Vari is now listed among the top 10 most expensive homes in the world. Under the direction of renowned interior designer Jeffrey Wilkes, who previously created the iconic Oberoi Rajvilas, Oberoi Udaivilas, Mandarin Oriental and The Leela hotels, Oswal extensively transformed the Swiss mansion originally owned by the Greek businesswoman, socialite and heiress of Onassis. Luck, Christina Onassis.
This custom-built rural getaway, which is 40,000 square meters in size and overlooks the snow-capped peak of Mount Blanc, exudes grandeur and beauty. The largest estate in the canton of Vaud, Villa Vari is located in the Swiss village of Gingins, only 15 minutes from the lakeside metropolis of Geneva.
Along with their gifted daughters Vasundhara, 24, and Ridi, 18, forty-something power couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal have been living in Switzerland for the past ten years and are now all settled in their luxurious new home, Villa Vari, which is located in their Beloved bears the names of the children. Vasundhara, who majored in finance with distinction, later rose to executive director positions in PRO Industries and Axis Minerals. Apart from being a successful singer-songwriter in the Indo-Western pop genre, Ridi is a chemical engineering student at a University in London.
The Pankaj Oswal family, which is worth over US$3 billion (247 thousand crores) and has a remarkable business portfolio that includes petrochemicals, real estate, fertilizers and mining, has always preferred to avoid the limelight. The multibillion-dollar global conglomerate “Oswal Group Global” is home to businesses such as “Pro Industries Pte Ltd”, which also owns “Axis Minerals”, the largest modern ethanol plant in East Africa, involved in one of the largest bauxite mining Is. projects in West Africa, and “Burrp Fertilizers”, which is based in Australia and produces the most liquid ammonia in the world. In addition to business, the family aimed to renovate “Villa Vari” and transform it into a lavish estate that honors its Indian ancestry with flair, glitz and gusto.











