Full Name Jehangir Wadia Role Businessman Nationality Indian Spouse Celina Wadia | Children (Two) Jahangir , Ella Name Jehangir Wadia | |
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Relatives Ness Wadia (brother)Neville Wadia (grand father)Dina Jinnah (grand mother)Muhammad Ali Jinnah (great-grand father)Maryam Jinnah (great-grand mother) Similar People Nusli Wadia, Ness Wadia, Dina Wadia, Neville Wadia, Franny Armstrong | ||
Grandparents Dina Wadia, Neville Wadia | ||
Go Air: What next?
Jehangir Wadia (born 6 July 1973), also known as Jeh Wadia, is an Indian businessman and the managing director of GoAir and Bombay Dyeing. He is a part of the business prominent Wadia family, through his father Neville, and the politically important Jinnah family, through his mother Dina. He is the great-grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
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Life and career
Jehangir was born in Mumbai to businessman Nusli Wadia and former air hostess Maureen Wadia. He has one brother, Ness Wadia, who is a businessman. His grandparents were Neville Wadia and Dina Jinnah. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and his wife Rattanbai Petit are his great grandparents. Jehangir and his brother are the direct and only descendants of Jinnah and his family. Jehangir did his initial schooling at the Lawrence School in Sanawar and moved to a boarding school in England to complete his graduation. Jehangir earned a master's degree in science from the Warwick University in England.
Jehangir is married to Celina who is Australian, they met in London and have two children together Jahangir and Ella. He is also related to the Tata family.
Jehangir Wadia is the managing director of GoAir, a budget airline (which founding in 2005 was documented in the film The Age of Stupid), and of Bombay Dyeing, a diversified company with interests in Retail, Real Estate, Textiles and PSF.
GoAir and Bombay Dyeing are a part of the conglomerate Wadia Group.