TYCOON STYLE
What do you do once you have several villas all over Europe, a limited edition Patek Philippe watch worth Rs 1 crore and several Mercedes? Buy a plane and build a runway in the middle of nowhere. Dev Bath, 31, an NRI real estate magnate who divides his time between Barbados and his village in Punjab, Batthan, 27 km from Jalandhar, has assets worth close to a billion US dollars. He recently splurged on a X-A-3, a two-seater Microlight plane that he keeps at his farmhouse in Bathan, where he’s created a special runway for it. He also owns another plane, a Legacy 600, currently parked at Monaco. “If you have money, it’s a crime not to spend it on living well,” insists Bath and adds, “After all, you can’t take it up with you.” Bath’s office in Jalandhar is shaped like a ship and his farm looks like a Mughal fort. This tycoon is revered in his village that has just one school, which Bath has recently helped rebuild.
— Anju Agnihotri Chaba

FLASHY AT 50
Taking friends out for dinner on your 50th birthday or popping champagne at home is very 90s. Recently, a Delhi-based tycoon who has made his fortune in the travel trade, got together 50 of his closest friends and whisked them away on an all-paid trip to Spain for his birthday, complete with business-class tickets and swanky hotels. The big night was held on a luxury yacht, where model-actress Rakhi Sawant danced under the starry Mediterranean sky. Another Delhi industrialist took his friends to Bangkok for his 50th birthday party and put them up at a hotel that cost 500$ per night. Even the spa treatments were on the house.
— Leher Kala

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