Nusli Wadia

$5.29B

as of 08/18/26

About Nusli Wadia

Nusli Wadia is chairman of the Wadia Group, a cookies-to-textiles empire with roots in shipbuilding dating back to 1736.

Group companies include Britannia Industries and home textiles company Bombay Dyeing.

His loss-making budget airline, Go First, declared bankruptcy in 2023.

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 2016.

Personal stats

Citizenship

India

Source of wealth

Consumer goods

Residence

Mumbai, India

Marital status

Married

Birth date

02/15/44 (age 82)

Number of children

Self-made

inherited and growing

Nusli Wadia’s fortune is worth

88K

troy ounces of gold

81K

median U.S. household

53K

median U.S. income

0.106%

U.S. credit card volume

0.021%

GDP of the United States

0.016%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In September 2024 Nusli Wadia sold a 10-acre parcel in Mumbai for over $130 million.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

BSE INDIA | 501425-IN

Bombay Burmah Trading Co.

BSE INDIA | 500020-IN

Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing

BSE INDIA | 500825-IN

Britannia Industries

BSE INDIA | 500298-IN

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