Nusli Wadia — Wadia Group

Nusli Wadia (born 15 February 1944) is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and the chairman of the Wadia Group, an Indian conglomerate concerned in the FMCG, textiles and real estate industries amongst others. His net worth was estimated at US$3.8 billion by Forbes in 2020.

Nusli was born into the distinguished Parsi Wadia household in Bombay. He is the son of businessman Neville Wadia and Dina Wadia. His maternal grandfather Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the founder of Pakistan, whereas, his maternal grandmother, Rattanbai Petit was born into two of the elite Parsi households of India, the Petit — Tata household. He additionally held British citizenship for someday by descent as his father had been born in the UK.

He is married to Maureen Wadia, a former air hostess, who heads Gladrags magazine and is without doubt one of the organizers of Mrs. India beauty pageant. They have two sons: Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia.

In 2004, Wadia accompanied his mom Dina and sons Ness and Jeh, on a go to to Pakistan, throughout which he visited the mausoleum of his grandfather Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and grandaunt Fatima Jinnah in Karachi.

In 2016, Wadia introduced that he shall be submitting a defamation case in opposition to Ratan Tata and his Tata group, after being eliminated because the impartial director of Tata Motors. During the 2016–2019 interval, when the trial was ongoing, Wadia’s net worth elevated from $3.5 to $7billion.