Nusli Wadia Career Timeline
Nusli Wadia's timeline runs from his 1944 birth through saving Bombay Dyeing from sale in 1971 to Go First's liquidation in 2025 36.
Full nameNusli Neville Wadia
Born15 Feb 1944, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Age82
NationalityIndian
Known forChairing the Wadia Group, owner of Britannia and Bombay Dyeing
ResidenceMumbai, India
Nusli Wadia timeline
The table traces Nusli Wadia's six decades at the head of the Wadia businesses.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Born on 15 February in Bombay 3 |
| 1962 | Joins Bombay Dyeing as a trainee apprentice 3 |
| 1970 | Becomes joint managing director; marries Maureen 3 |
| 1971 | Stops his father's planned sale of Bombay Dyeing 3 |
| 1977 | Succeeds his father as chairman 3 |
| 1989 | Police announce arrests over a plot to kill him 3 |
| 2004 | Visits Jinnah's mausoleum in Karachi with his mother and sons 3 |
| 2016 | Removed from three Tata boards; files defamation case 13 |
| 2020 | Withdraws the defamation case in January 3 |
| 2023 | Go First files for insolvency in May; Bombay Dyeing agrees ₹5,200 crore Worli sale in September; acquittals in the plot case in March 356 |
| 2024 | Sells a 10-acre Mumbai parcel for over $130 million 1 |
| 2025 | NCLT orders Go First's liquidation on 20 January 6 |
| 2026 | Britannia reports FY26 profit of ₹2,533 crore; Forbes values him at $4.90 billion on 5 November 14 |
- 1944 · PERSONALBorn on 15 February in Bombay
- 1962 · ROLEJoins Bombay Dyeing as a trainee
- 1970 · ROLEBecomes joint managing director; marries Maureen
- 1971 · DEALStops his father's planned sale of Bombay Dyeing
- 1977 · ROLESucceeds his father as chairman
- 2016 · MILESTONERemoved from the boards of three Tata companies
- 2020 · MILESTONEWithdraws defamation case against Ratan Tata
- 2023 · MILESTONEGo First files for insolvency; Bombay Dyeing agrees Worli land sale
- 2024 · DEALSells a 10-acre Mumbai parcel for over $130 million
- 2025 · MILESTONENCLT orders Go First's liquidation
- 2026 · MILESTONEBritannia reports FY26 net profit of ₹2,533 crore
What the timeline shows
Two decisions in his twenties, keeping Bombay Dyeing in 1971 and taking the chair in 1977, set up everything that followed 3. The past decade has been mixed: the Tata dispute and the collapse of Go First on one side, and steady Britannia profits and large Mumbai land sales on the other 1456.
Frequently asked questions
In 1977, succeeding his father at Bombay Dyeing.
It filed for insolvency on 2 May 2023 and was ordered into liquidation on 20 January 2025.
In January 2020.
Sources✓ Verified 5 Nov 2026
1 Forbes, Nusli Wadia (Real-Time Billionaires), 5 Nov 2026, dates
2 Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India, RBI reference rate archive, 30 Oct 2026
3 Wikipedia, Nusli Wadia, 5 Nov 2026, dates
4 Free Press Journal, Britannia Q4 profit jumps 21% to ₹678 crore; FY26 revenue crosses ₹18,800 crore, 8 May 2026, Britannia FY26
5 Business Standard, Bombay Dyeing to sell 22-acre plot for Rs 5,200 cr to Japan's Sumitomo, 13 Sep 2023, Worli sale
6 Business Standard, NCLT orders Go First liquidation as CoC opts for no revival prospects, 20 Jan 2025, Go First
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