Meet the Jeweler Behind India's Latest Wealth Symbol: A $250,000 Gold Shirt
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 11:10 AM EST
Courtesy of Ranka Jewellers This gold shirt and its $250 000 price tag gave a businessman from Pune India his 15 seconds of fame last week. But the garment’s maker wants his role to be indelible. That’s why Tejpal Ranka the owner of Ranka Jewellers has applied to both the Guinness Book of records and India’s equivalent the Limca Book of records to list it as the world’s heaviest gold shirt at 3.326 kg. It was commissioned by Datta Phuge who runs his own finance company and calls himself “Gold Man.” He is a regular customer of Ranka’s and ...