Nusli Wadia

Nusli Wadia
Birth name	Nusli Wadia
Born	India
Origin	India
Occupations	Chairman Bombay Dyeing

Nusli Wadia (Gujarati: નુસ્લી વાડિયા) is an Indian Parsi entrepreneur, a textile magnate and an important person in the real-estate business. He is the son of Neville and Dina Wadia. His mother Dina Wadia is the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The Economic Times once described Nusli Wadia as "the epitome of South Bombay's old money and genteel respectability". He was also famously accused as being the only man who could walk in and out of the residences of Lal Krishna Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, when the BJP was in power, and talk frankly to both of them^[1]

Career

Nusli Wadia is the chairman and majority owner of Bombay Dyeing, a major Indian textile company, and has vast holdings in real estate across Mumbai.

Nusli Wadia is a member of the Wadia family, and a direct descendant of Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia, Sir Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) and Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, as well as a distant relative of JRD Tata. On January 19, 2007, Nusli Wadia was involved with carrying a gun with live bullets on plane, he was flying from Mumbai to Dubai.^[2]

In 2003 Nusli accompanied his mother Dina on a visit to Pakistan, during which he visited the mausoleum of his grandfather Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi.^[3]

Personal life

Nusli Wadia is married to Maureen Wadia, a former airhostess, who heads Gladrags Magazine and is one of the forces behind the Mrs India beauty pageant. They have two sons: Ness and Jehangir.^[4] Ness Wadia is managing director of Bombay Dyeing and co-owner of Kings XI Punjab team in the IPL, and Jehangir Wadia heads Go Air.

References

1. ^ Singh, Rohini (13 July 2009). "Nusli Wadia, finally: Up close & personal". The Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4770693.cms. Retrieved 2009-07-13. 
2. ^ India airline gun security breach - BBC News
3. ^ Dina Wadia visits Mazar of her Father, the Quaid-i-Azam
4. ^ Singh, Rohini (13 July 2009). "I want to consolidate: Nusli Wadia". Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4770575.cms?flstry=1. Retrieved 2009-07-13. 

External references

• The Wadias of India
• Ness Wadia
• http://ipldoublefan.sulekha.com/blog/post/2010/01/nusli-wadia-s-son-ness-wadia-gets-irritated-at-ipl3.htm

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