Name
Nusli Wadia
Nusli Wadia
Mumbai, India
India
consumer goods
$6,300,000,000
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#209 Billionaires 2019
#18 India's Richest 2018
Nusli Wadia is chairman of the Wadia Group, a cookies-to-aviation empire with roots in shipbuilding dating back to 1736.Group companies include Britannia Industries, home textiles company Bombay Dyeing and budget airline GoAir.Britannia Industries, best known for its cookies, turned 100 in 2018. Wadia is often referred to as a corporate samurai by the Indian press for waging numerous legal battles. One notable battle was against the Tata Group and his former pal Ratan Tata, who got him ousted from the boards of three Tata firms in December 2016.
Wadia is the grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.Wadia's son Ness co-owns Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab.
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