Jehangir Wadia

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Jehangir Wadia
Born Jehangir Jinnah
Nationality Indian
Occupation Managing Director GoAir
Parents Nusli Wadia (father)
Maureen Wadia (mother)
Relatives Ness Wadia (brother)
Neville Wadia (grand father)
Dina Jinnah (grand mother)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (great-grand father)
Maryam Jinnah (great-grand mother)

Jehangir Wadia, also known as Jeh Wadia, is an Indian businessman belonging to the Wadia family. He is the managing director of GoAir, a budget airline which he founded, and of Bombay Dyeing, a textile company.[1][2] He is also the great-grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan.[3]

He is the son of textile and real estate magnate Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[4] In 2004, he established the budget airline GoAir based in Mumbai and is currently managing director.[1]

The World Economic Forum elected him as a Young Global leader in the year 2008. Wadia also leads Bombay Realty, the Wadia group's Real Estate venture.

His elder brother Ness Wadia heads the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation and co-owns the IPL Team Kings XI Punjab. Wadia appeared in the 2009 drama-documentary The Age of Stupid.

Notable family members

See also: Jinnah family
See also: Wadia family

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neha Tara Mehta (2009-09-24). "Shekhar speaks up for a green world: India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2010-07-15. 
  2. ↑ "Bombay Dyeing Management: Jeh elevated, Ness steps down". The Times of India. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
  3. ↑ "Top Stories: Dina Wadia visits Mazar of her Father, the Quaid-i-Azam". Pakistan Times. Retrieved 2010-07-15. 
  4. ↑ Wadia Family at scribd.com, accessed 11 March 2012
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