Wadia Group

{{Short description|Indian multinational conglomerate}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

{{infobox company

| name = Wadia Group

| logo = Wadia_Group_logo.svg

| industry = Conglomerate

| genre =

| type = Private

| fate =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| foundation = {{start date and age|1736}}

| founder = Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia

| defunct =

| location_city = Mumbai, Maharashtra

| location_country = India

| location =

| locations =

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Nusli Wadia
(Chairman){{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBOM17527220070704 |title=India Wadia Group stays in Britannia long term-paper |publisher=Reuters |date= 2007-07-04|access-date=2010-09-30}}

| products = {{hlist|

|Textiles |Chemicals |Food processing |Plantations |Media | Real estate}}

| services =

| revenue = {{Increase}} US$2.700 billion (₹28,000 Crores)

| operating_income =

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| aum =

| assets =

| equity = {{Increase}} US$6.929 billion (₹51,400 Crores)

| owner = Wadia family

| num_employees =

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| divisions =

| subsid = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Britannia Industries

| Bombay Dyeing

| Bombay Realty

| Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation

| National Peroxide

| Wadia Techno-Engineering {{cite web |url=http://www.wadiaengg.com/ |title=Home |website=wadiaengg.com}}}}

| homepage = {{url|http://www.wadiagroup.com}}

| footnotes =

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Wadia Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, founded in Surat, headquartered in Mumbai. It was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736 and is the oldest company in India, with its subsidiary The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, established in 1863, being the oldest publicly traded Indian company.{{Cite news |last=Mudgill |first=Amit |title=Old isn't gold always! These 19th century firms failed to reward investors in last 5 years |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/old-isnt-gold-always-these-19th-century-firms-failed-to-reward-investors-in-last-5-years/articleshow/57746374.cms |access-date=2022-09-19}} Other notable companies of the group are Bombay Dyeing, a textile company established in 1879, and Britannia Industries, a food and beverage company established in 1918.

Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736.{{cite book

| title = Bollywood: a history

| author = Mihir Bose

| year = 2006

| publisher = Tempus

| isbn = 978-0-7524-2835-2

}} This, and subsequent efforts, would result in Bombay becoming a strategic port for the British colonial undertakings in Asia. The Bombay dry dock, the first dry dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in 1750. Among the historical ships built by the Wadia Group are {{HMS|Minden}}, {{HMS|Cornwallis|1813|6}}, and {{HMS|Trincomalee}}.File:GoAir Airbus A320.jpg

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