Bombay Dyeing heir Ness Wadia was brought on earth on 30th of May, 1970. His parents are Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia. He has a sibling Jehangir Wadia. Mohammad Ali Zinnah, the Father of Pakistan is the great grandfather of Ness. By birth, Ness is a Zoroastrian or Parsi.
After being educated at Lawrence School Sanawar, and Millfield School in England, he studied International Relations at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
In 1993, he joined Bombay Dyeing as a management trainee. He worked closely with retail distribution and marketing of the textile division. He actively participated in various organizations like the Mill Owners' Association (MOA), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry and was the chairperson of TEXPROCIL.
In 1998, he took a sabbatical from Bombay Dyeing and he concluded his masters' degree from Warwick University in Science of Engineering Business Management. His thesis was on "Leading to success in India".
In the year 2001, he rejoined Bombay Dyeing as Deputy Managing Director and then was made Joint Managing Director.
From 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the prime minister's on Trade and Industry. He was also the convener of Special Group Task Force on Food and Agro Industries Management Policy in 1998.
Ness Wadia is the chairperson and the director of Britannia Industries ltd, The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd. and Wadia BSN Ltd. He is also a director in TISCO, Gherzi Eastern Ltd and Tata Chemicals Ltd.
Ness had dated actress Preity Zinta from 2005 to 2009. Together they own IPL team Kings XI Punjab, worth $76 million.
- 'Friends who were lovers' in Bollywood
Relationships are volatile, and more so when you are talking about the relationships in the world of glamour and glitz. We hear the news of link ups and break ups among Bollywood stars very frequently. Maintaining a harmonious and friendly relationship with your ex partner is undoubtedly a tough - Preity won't sell her IPL team
Preity Zinta owned the IPL team Kings XI Punjab way back in 2008 with her partners Ness Wadia. It is rumored that due to financial transaction, they are going to sell the team but Preity Zinta has lashes out the rumor and said that she has worked hard to build the team and it is not her team but - Preity Zinta stands by Kings XI Punjab
Though Kings XI Punjab are performing poorly in the tournament, Preity Zinta is still standing by them and taking the defeats in her stride. "Cannot help it if we are losing in cricket... someone has to lose and this time it is us... I still stand by my team and hope we do better next year,