Nusli Wadia
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Nusli Wadia is an Indian Parsi entrepreneur, and an important figure in the Indian textile industry and real-estate business. He is the son of Neville and Dina Wadia, and the grandson of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
Nusli is the chairman and majority owner of Bombay Dyeing, a major Indian textile company, and has vast holdings in real estate across Mumbai. He is married to Maureen Wadia, who heads Gladrags Magazine and is one of the forces behind the Miss India beauty pageant. One of their sons, Ness Wadia, is managing director of Bombay Dyeing, and other, Jeh Wadia heads Go Air.
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 19th, 2007, Nusli Wadia was involved with carrying a gun with live bullets on plane, he was flying from Bombay to Dubai.[1] In 2003 Nusli accompanied his mother Dina on a visit to Pakistan, during which he visited the mausoleum of his grandfather in Karachi.[2]
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