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Born in Liverpool, Neville Wadia was educated at Malvern College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Neville Ness Wadia was an Indian businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry, having built over a hundred warships for the British and having established trading networks around the world.
Career
During the late 19th century, his father, Ness Wadia, played an important role in turning the city of Bombay into one of the world"s largest cotton trading centres. In 1952, Neville Wadia succeeded his father as chairman of Bombay Dyeing, and under his leadership the company became one of India"s most successful and quality-conscious textile concerns. He was also heavily involved in the real estate business in Mumbai, and he contributed to building new wings and upgrading several hospitals in Bombay founded by his family.
He established a business school in Pune and a host of charitable trusts for Parsees.
Neville Wadia died in Mumbai three weeks before his 85th birthday.
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Zoroastrianism Christianity