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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ness Nusli Wadia
| image = Ness Wadia CN Wadia Cup (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Wadia at the C.N. Wadia Cup in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Businessman
| boards =
| parents = Maureen and [[Nusli Wadia]]
| education = [[The Cathedral & John Connon School]] (Mumbai)
[[The Lawrence School, Sanawar|Lawrence School]] (Himachal Pradesh)
[[Millfield School]] (England)
| alma_mater = [[Tufts University]]
[[University of Warwick]]
| relatives = See [[Wadia family]] and [[Jinnah family]]
}}

'''Ness Nusli Wadia''' (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian businessman. Part of the [[Wadia family]], Wadia is the managing director of [[Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation]], a company which has holdings in most of the [[Wadia Group]] subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in [[Britannia Industries]].<ref name="Bombaydyeingchange">{{cite news|title=Bombay Dyeing Management: Jeh elevated, Ness steps down|date=30 March 2011|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-30/india-business/29361452_1_jeh-wadia-bombay-dyeing-ness|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2011-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527143832/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-30/india-business/29361452_1_jeh-wadia-bombay-dyeing-ness|archive-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Wadiagroupreshuffle">{{cite news|title=Wadia Group Re-shuffle|date=30 March 2011|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/management-rejig-at-wadia-group-jeh-ness-wadia-switch-roles_533009.html|publisher=MoneyControl.com|access-date=2011-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408164314/http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/management-rejig-at-wadia-group-jeh-ness-wadia-switch-roles_533009.html|archive-date=8 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the Joint Managing Director of [[Bombay Dyeing]], the flagship company of the Wadia Group,<ref name="Nessbio">{{cite news|title=Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, Mohit Burman|date=2 April 2008|url=http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Teams--Profiles/Owners/Preity-Zinta-Ness-Wadia-Karan-Paul-Mohit-Burman/articleshow/2919438.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523205516/http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Teams--Profiles/Owners/Preity-Zinta-Ness-Wadia-Karan-Paul-Mohit-Burman/articleshow/2919438.cms |archive-date=2009-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Promoters of Kings XI Punjab|url=http://www.kxip.in/page/promoters|publisher=[[Kings XI Punjab]]|access-date=2009-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192124/http://www.kxip.in/page/promoters|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> till March 2011 when he stepped down from the post. Wadia is a co-owner of the [[Indian Premier League]] cricket team [[Punjab Kings]].

==Early life==
Wadia was born into the [[Parsi]] [[Wadia family]] in [[Mumbai]], India. His parents are businessman [[Nusli Wadia]] and former airhostess Maureen Wadia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4085327.cms|title=Ness Wadia: Photoshoot|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209212931/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4085327.cms|archive-date=9 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

After completing his education at [[Cathedral and John Connon School|The Cathedral & John Connon School]] as well as [[Lawrence School (Sanawar)|Lawrence School]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]], and then at [[Millfield School]] in the UK Wadia studied international relations at [[Tufts University]] near [[Boston, Massachusetts]], and then went on to do his M.Sc in Engineering Management at [[University of Warwick]].<ref name="Nessbio"/>

==Career==
Wadia joined [[Bombay Dyeing]] in 1993 as a Management Trainee. During his earlier period he was closely involved in marketing and retail distribution of the textile division of the company and was active in various organisations such as the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) (a council he once chaired), Mill Owners’ Association (MOA), [[Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India]], etc.<ref name="Week">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=13446428&ric=BDYN.BO|title=Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (BDYN:Bombay Stock Exchange)|publisher=[[Businessweek.com]]|access-date=2009-05-10}}</ref>

In 1998, he took a leave of absence to complete his master's degree in Science of Engineering Business Management from the [[University of Warwick]] with a thesis titled "Leading to Success in India". After receiving his master's degree in 2001, he returned as Deputy Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing and was later promoted to Joint Managing Director.<ref name="Nessbio"/> He was appointed to this position on 1 August 2001 and stayed till March 2011, when he stepped down, and younger brother Jehangir was made managing director. Ness was appointed Managing Director of [[Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation]].<ref name="Wadiagroupreshuffle"/>

In 1998, 1999 and 2000 he was appointed on the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry and in September 1998 was appointed the Convenor of the Special Group Task Force on Food and Agro Industries Management Policy in September, 1998.<ref name="Week"/>

Ness Wadia currently serves as Managing Director of Bombay Burmah Trading Company Limited and Chairman of National Peroxide Limited.<ref name="Week"/> He also serves as Director on Boards of various Wadia Group companies such as Britannia Industries, [[Bombay Dyeing]], [[GoAir]] and Wadia Techno Engineering Services. He sits on the Audit Committees of GoAir, Britannia, Bombay Burmah, and NPL; the Finance Committees of Bombay Dyeing, Bombay Burmah, and Britannia; and also the CSR Committees of Bombay Dyeing and Britannia. He is actively involved in the overseeing the award-winning Wadia Hospitals in addition to the Group’s educational establishments under Modern Education Society (MES) Trust.<ref name="Week"/>

In 2008, along with actress [[Preity Zinta]] and businessman [[Mohit Burman]], Wadia acquired ownership rights for the [[Mohali]]-based [[Twenty20]] cricket team of the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref>{{cite web|author=Bollywood Hungama News Network|title=King Khan, Preity Zinta bag teams in IPL bidding|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/01/24/10788/index.html|publisher=[[indiaFM]]|date=24 January 2008|access-date=2009-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503130111/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/01/24/10788/index.html|archive-date=3 May 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The group paid $76 million to acquire the franchise, and named the team [[Kings XI Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kings XI Punjab|url=https://www.kxip.in/|publisher=kxip|access-date=2009-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402010617/https://www.kxip.in/|archive-date=2 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Board positions==

Wadia has served as Managing Director of Bombay Burmah Trading Company Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbtcl.com/list-of-directors/|title=list of directors|publisher=bbtcl.com|access-date=19 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724025617/http://bbtcl.com/list-of-directors/|archive-date=24 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
He has been a trustee of Sir Ness Wadia Foundation,{{cn|date=April 2020}} and other charitable trusts within the Wadia family, and
a board member of Wadia Hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wadiahospitals.org/NWMH.aspx|title=Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital|access-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327101439/http://www.wadiahospitals.org/NWMH.aspx|archive-date=27 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=April 2020}}

==Personal life==
Wadia dated Bollywood actress [[Preity Zinta]] from February 2005 until 2009, and the couple were subject to intense media scrutiny.<ref>{{cite news|author=Shaikh, Jamal|title=Preity woman's man|date=3 February 2005|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/preity-womans-man/articleshow/1010644.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110170737/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Preity-womans-man/articleshow/1010644.cms|archive-date=10 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 13 June 2014, Zinta filed a complaint with the Mumbai police against Wadia alleging he had attacked her at an [[Indian Premier League - Season 7 (2014)|IPL]] match at the [[Wankhede Stadium]] in [[Mumbai]] on 30 May.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bollywood-actress-preity-zinta-files-711891|title=Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta Files Molestation Case Against Business Tycoon (Report)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=14 June 2014|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207154749/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bollywood-actress-preity-zinta-files-711891|archive-date=7 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ness Nusli Wadia has come forward helping Sikkim battling to keep Coronavirus Pandemic at bay.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/ness-wadia-joins-sikkim-s-battle-keeping-coronavirus-at-bay/east/news/1964328.html|title=Ness Wadia joins Sikkim's battle keeping Coronavirus at bay|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002084105/http://www.uniindia.com/ness-wadia-joins-sikkim-s-battle-keeping-coronavirus-at-bay/east/news/1964328.html|archive-date=2 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wadia was sentenced by a Japanese court in to jail for two years for possession drugs. In delivering this sentence, the court also suspended the sentence for five years.<ref>{{Cite news| url = https://qz.com/india/1608449/ness-wadia-of-kings-xi-punjab-was-arrested-in-japan-for-drugs/ | title=The scion of one of India’s biggest conglomerates was arrested for possessing drugs |work= QUARTZ INDIA |access-date=2019-04-30 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190430235109/https://qz.com/india/1608449/ness-wadia-of-kings-xi-punjab-was-arrested-in-japan-for-drugs/ |archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has been noted to be supportive of the LGBTQ community.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/kanika-dhillon-amit-sharma-ness-wadia-garima-arora-help-lgbtqia-community-sex-workers-hiv-infected-people-amidst-covid-19-crisis/|title=Kanika Dhillon, Amit Sharma, Ness Wadia, Garima Arora to help LGBTQIA community, sex workers and HIV infected people amidst COVID-19 crisis|work=Bollywood Hungama | access-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604205801/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/kanika-dhillon-amit-sharma-ness-wadia-garima-arora-help-lgbtqia-community-sex-workers-hiv-infected-people-amidst-covid-19-crisis/|archive-date=4 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

B2B Platform AgriGator Raises Funding From Venture Catalysts And Ness Wadia<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/362230|title=B2B Platform AgriGator Raises Funding From Venture Catalysts And Ness Wadia|work=entrepreneur.com |access-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223091219/https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/362230|archive-date=23 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Wadia Group}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick]]
[[Category:Indian Premier League franchise owners]]
[[Category:Lawrence School, Sanawar alumni]]
[[Category:Wadia family]]

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