Nusli Wadia

Nusli Wadia is an Indian-born British Parsi businessman, entrepreneur and the chairman of the Wadia Group. He is a part of the prominent business Wadia family, through his father Neville, and the politically important Jinnah family, through his mother Dina.

  • 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.