Nusli Wadia Companies
Nusli Wadia's main holding is Britannia Industries, which earned ₹2,533 crore in FY26 4. The group's airline Go First was ordered into liquidation in 2025 6.
Nusli Wadia companies
Nusli Wadia chairs the Wadia Group, a cookies-to-textiles conglomerate whose roots go back to shipbuilding in 1736 1.
| Company | What it does | His holding (Forbes) |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia Industries | Biscuits and bakery foods 1 | 8,62,00,000 shares 1 |
| Bombay Dyeing | Home textiles; Mumbai land 15 | 10,19,98,000 shares 1 |
| National Peroxide | Chemicals | 39,40,000 shares 1 |
| Bombay Burmah Trading | Group holding company | No direct shares listed 1 |
| Go First | Budget airline, in liquidation 6 | Group company 1 |
Britannia in numbers
In the year to March 2026 Britannia reported revenue from operations of ₹18,858 crore, up 7.5%, and net profit of ₹2,533 crore, up 16.3% 4. Fourth-quarter profit rose 21% to ₹678 crore 4.
Bombay Dyeing and land
In September 2023 Bombay Dyeing agreed to sell a 22-acre plot in Worli to Goisu, a subsidiary of Japan's Sumitomo Realty & Development, for ₹5,200 crore, payable in two parts of ₹4,675 crore and ₹525 crore 5. Forbes says Wadia separately sold a 10-acre Mumbai parcel for more than $130 million in September 2024 1.
Go First
The group's loss-making budget airline filed for voluntary insolvency on 2 May 2023 6. Lenders, owed about ₹6,200 crore, found no acceptable resolution plan, and the NCLT ordered its liquidation on 20 January 2025 6. The airline has pursued claims of about $1 billion against engine maker Pratt & Whitney, which it blamed for groundings 6.