Born on July 6, 1973, Jeh Wadia is the scion of the well known Wadia Group (he’s the great-grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and son of Nusli Wadia). Jeh commenced his early education in Mumbai. Thereafter he completed the GCSE certification from Millfield School in UK, followed by a Master’s degree from the Warwick University in Coventry, UK. In 2002, he became the Deputy Managing Director of The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation based in Mumbai; and at the same time, also authored and initiated restructuring of the Wadia Group, which involved looking at new financial and strategic investments – he initiated one such financial investment, a JV with The Port Singapore Authority (PSA). He further cofounded a real estate and retail fund, along with other retail/real estate operating JVs. In this process, he also initiated the institutionalization of financial services in the Wadia Group.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006, Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative