1. Nusli Wadia was born on 15 February 1944 and is an Indian businessman.
25 Facts About Nusli Wadia
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Nusli Wadia is the chairman of the Wadia Group, a conglomerate with interests in various industries such as textiles, aviation, chemicals, and real estate.
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Nusli Wadia's father, Neville Wadia, was a prominent businessman, and his mother, Dina Wadia, was the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan.
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Under his leadership, the Nusli Wadia Group became one of India's largest and most well-known conglomerates.
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Nusli Wadia has faced controversies, including high-profile legal battles involving the Indian corporate world.
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Additionally, Nusli Wadia was once involved in a legal dispute with the Tatas concerning his role as an independent director at Tata Group, which resulted in a strained relationship with the powerful corporate house.
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Nusli Wadia has been an active philanthropist, supporting educational and healthcare causes in India.
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Nusli Wadia holds the position of the head of the Wadia family, and with the Wadia Group's extensive legacy, he continues to play a prominent role in India's business landscape.
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Nusli Neville Wadia was born in Bombay to businessman Neville Wadia and Dina Wadia.
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Nusli Wadia's maternal grandfather Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the founder of Pakistan, and his grandmother, Rattanbai Petit was born into the elite Parsi family of India.
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Nusli Wadia's paternal grandfather, Sir Ness Wadia was a well-known textile industrialist, who played an important role during the late 19th century in turning the city of Bombay into one of the world's largest cotton trading centers.
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Nusli Wadia's paternal grandmother was an Englishwoman, Evelyne Clara Powell, from Yorkshire.
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Nusli Wadia's great-aunt was the politician and stateswoman Fatima Jinnah.
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For some time, Nusli Wadia held British citizenship by descent, as both his parents had been born in the UK.
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Nusli Wadia was educated at the Rugby School in England.
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Nusli Wadia later went to study in the United States, earning a PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Florida.
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In 1962, Nusli Wadia entered Bombay Dyeing as a trainee in the spring mills.
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In 1971, Nusli learned that his father was planning to sell the company to R P Goenka and move abroad.
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Nusli Wadia was only 26 at the time and had his own ambitions to run the company.
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Nusli Wadia then flew to London where his father was making the deal, and convinced him not to sell the company or emigrate.
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In 1977, Nusli Wadia succeeded his father as the chairman of the company.
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In 2016, Nusli Wadia announced that he would be filing a defamation case against Ratan Tata and his Tata group, after being removed as the independent director of Tata Motors.
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In January 2020, Nusli Wadia withdrew the defamation case, following Tata's statement that there was no intention to defame Nusli Wadia.
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Nusli Wadia is married to Maureen Nusli Wadia, a former air hostess, who heads Gladrags magazine and is one of the organizers of the Mrs India beauty pageant.
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In 2004, Nusli Wadia accompanied his mother, Dina, and sons, Ness and Jehangir, on a visit to Pakistan, during which he visited the mausoleum of his grandfather, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and great-aunt Fatima Jinnah in Karachi.