The groom of Wall Street or Varun Navani, the man behind the viral 400-member “wedding parade” which shut down the Wall Street is the CEO of a tech company. Originally from Gujarat, his extravagant wedding turned Wall Street into a party location with DJs and guests dancing to music. “We shut down Wall Street for a 400-person Baraat,” shared their DJ, wrote alongside a clip of the epic moment. “Who would’ve ever thought?!”
Reportedly, with proper permits, the area can be rented for $11,000, the glitzy gathering was adorned in designer clothes and couture had the netizens puzzling who the couple was. Varun Navani and Amanda Soll, the couple that shut down Wall Street are a power-couple hailing from Boston. Amanda is a risk-management legal compliance director at MasterCard.
Who is Varun Navani?
Founder and CEO of Rolai, an enterprise AI platform and adoption solution for higher ed institutions. Rolai empowers users to learn data analytical skills through AI and machine learning. He was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 from Boston in 2023.
As per Post reports, every region blocked for the wedding costed between $25,000 to $60,000 for pavements and roads of the “Financial District“. Netizens speculated that “they must be billionaires” to afford and obtain over 25 special permissions. The baarat was classified as an “extra large” event by the New York’s Mayor Office .
As per the wedding page, The Knot, Soll sported a bride red Sabyasachi Mukherjee lehenga as she celebrated on the Wall Street with her family and friends. Navani wore an exquisite ivory sherwani and took entry in a vintage white car with who seemed to be the groomsmen.
This extravagant event not only grabbed attention from India but also residents in New York. Their marriage registry, a common practice in western weddings, is also available online which contains over 30 items from Bloomingdale’s including home decor and utility items.