Blood relation with former Prime Minister of Pakistan and co-owner of IPL team, has dated Preity Zinta

New Delhi. The money of a person related to the family of former Prime Minister of Pakistan has been invested in the Indian Premier League. He has been seen with the team since the beginning of the tournament. We are talking about businessman Ness Wadia who is a well-known name in India. He is the elder son of Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia. For this reason, he becomes the heir of the 283 year old Wadia Group Company. Ness is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation and co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings. Let us know about them.

Who is Ness Wadia?

Ness Wadia was born in a Parsi family in Mumbai to Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia. He completed his M.Sc. in Engineering Management from the University of Warwick. After this he started working in Bombay Dyeing in 2001. He serves as a director on the boards of several Wadia Group companies, such as GoAir, Britannia, Wadia Techno Engineering Services and Bombay Dyeing.

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Great grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Very few people know that Ness Wadia has a deep connection with the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He is the great grandson of Jinnah. He is the son of Nusli Wadia and former air hostess and Gladrags editor Maureen Wadia. Jinnah’s daughter Dina married Indian businessman Neville Wadia and came to India. That is, Ness Wadia is the grandson of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter. Dina died in New York in 2017 at the age of 98.

Affair with Preity Zinta

The news of Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia’s relationship started surfacing in the early 2000s. Preeti had confirmed this relationship in 2005. Both of them were often seen together at events, cricket matches and Abhishek Bachchan’s wedding. Ness Wadia came into limelight when Bollywood actress Preity Zinta filed an FIR against Mohit Burman and Ness Wadia in Chandigarh court. He questioned the validity of an extraordinary general meeting held in April 2025. Preeti said that she had raised objections to this meeting, but her views were ignored.

Preity Zinta had said, “We do not hide our relationship from the media. We go to parties together, have coffee at Barista, go to eat pizza… but I do not talk about them or share my feelings. What can I say? I cherish these feelings.”

Bollywood actress had accused Ness Wadia of molestation. Preeti and Ness’s relationship ended in 2009 when the businessman slapped Preeti at a party. In 2014, Preeti accused Ness Wadia of physical molestation.

Ness Wadia filed a counter case against Preity Zinta and both remained in a legal battle for some time. However, in 2018, Ness apologized to Preeti, after which Preeti withdrew the case.